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CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

LOCAL BRIDGE PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2003

JOHN G. ROWLAND, GOVERNOR

JAMES F. BYRNES, JR., ACTING COMMISSIONER

About the cover: This year’s cover features Bridge No. 04692, Old Kings Highway over Little River in the Town of Hampton. This bridge replacement project was designed by Anchor Engineering Services, Inc., of Glastonbury, CT, and was constructed by Barr, Incorporated, of Putnam, CT. The bridge, which adjacent to an historic mill dam, has laminated lumber beams, and an asphalt-covered timber deck

Construction work began in June 2000, and was completed in July 2001, at a construction cost of approximately $520,000. Funding was provided by the Federal Highway Administration and the State of Connecticut Local Bridge Program.

Following construction, the bridge was dedicated in honor of Leslie L. Jewett, a Hampton native who was killed in action on D-Day in World War II, June 6, 1944.

Connecticut Department of Transportation

Local Bridge Program 2800 Berlin Turnpike, P.O. Box 317546

Newington, Connecticut 06131-7546

Telephone: (860) 594-3213 FAX: (860) 594-3218

E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.dot.state.ct.us/bureau/eh/ehen/localbridge/index.html

Contact: Mr. Stanley C. Juber, Local Bridge Program Administrator

mailto:[email protected]

Local Bridge Program Manual FY 2003

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

INTRODUCTION 1 DEFINITIONS................................................................................................................................. 1

BRIDGE EVALUATION 4 A. SUFFICIENCY RATING................................................................................................................. 5 B. PRIORITY RATING....................................................................................................................... 8

1. For Structures with Abutments and Piers .....................................................................................8 2. For Culverts and Arches...............................................................................................................8

C. EMERGENCY CONDITIONS.......................................................................................................... 9

FUNDING PROGRAMS 10 STATE FUNDS ................................................................................................................................. 10

Eligible Costs ..................................................................................................................................11 FEDERAL FUNDS ............................................................................................................................ 14

HBRRP ...........................................................................................................................................14 Other Federal Programs ..................................................................................................................15

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT 16 INITIATION/PRELIMINARY APPLICATION ....................................................................................... 16 SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION....................................................................................................... 17 AGREEMENTS ................................................................................................................................. 19 PERMITS ......................................................................................................................................... 19

Flood Management Certification.....................................................................................................21 Flood Management General Certification 21

Corps of Engineers General Permits ...............................................................................................24 PROJECT COMPLETION................................................................................................................... 26

GUIDELINES FOR OBTAINING FUNDS UNDER THE LOCAL BRIDGE PROGRAM 27 PROCEDURES FOR STATE FUNDED PROJECTS................................................................................ 27 PROCEDURES FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS....................................................................... 30

Consultant Selection........................................................................................................................31 Negotiations 32

Design Tasks ...................................................................................................................................33 Survey 34 Preliminary Engineering 35 Preliminary Design 38 Regulatory Approvals 39 Final Design 39 Construction Advertising 40

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE PRELIMINARY APPLICATION ............................................. 43

APPENDIX 1 - ELIGIBLE BRIDGES OVER 20 FEET 47

APPENDIX 1A - ELIGIBLE BRIDGES UNDER 20 FEET 51

APPENDIX 2 - GRANT PERCENTAGES FOR MUNICIPALITIES 57

APPENDIX 3 - LOCAL BRIDGE LEGISLATION 63


TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)

CGS SECTIONS 13A-175P THROUGH 13A-175W ............................................................................ 63 CGS SECTION 13A-86A (FORMERLY PA 97-214) .......................................................................... 67 PUBLIC ACT 87-584 (TOWN BRIDGE STUDY) ................................................................................ 68 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ....................................................................................................... 68 CGS CHAPTER 467a: FLOOD MANAGEMENT................................................................................ 76 WAGES & LABOR........................................................................................................................... 79

APPENDIX 4 - REGULATIONS 89

APPENDIX 5 - PRELIMINARY APPLICATION For The Local Bridge Program


INTRODUCTION

In Connecticut, there are thousands of bridges and culverts on municipally-maintained roads. Construction and maintenance of these often-expensive structures is solely the responsibility of the municipalities. Recognizing the difficulty that municipalities have in meeting this responsibility, in 1984 the General Assembly enacted P.A. 84-254 (now known as Sections 13a-175p through 13a-175w of the Connecticut General Statutes) as part of the State’s Infrastructure Renewal Program. This program provides for State financial assistance to municipalities for the removal, replacement, reconstruction or rehabilitation of local bridges. Under this program, a municipality may qualify for a grant ranging from 10% to 33%, and a loan of up to 50%, to cover eligible project costs. In addition, ConnDOT has endeavored to make Federal funding available for municipal bridge projects as much as possible.

This manual has been created to guide municipalities through the process of developing bridge projects and applying for grants and loans under the Local Bridge Program. Comments or suggestions for its improvement are welcomed.

DEFINITIONS

To aid in understanding some of the terms used in this manual, some definitions are given below. The definitions are based on usage common in the field, but are not intended to be legally governing. In the event that any definition conflicts with a definition given in the Regulations or Statutes, the definition given in the Regulations and/or Statutes shall govern.

AASHTO: The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

AENGLC: The adjusted equalized net grand list per capita of a town, prepared as of the immediately preceding January 1 by the State pursuant to Section 10-261 of the General Statutes.

ADT: The Average Daily Traffic; the average number of vehicle which pass over a given structure on a typical day.

Bridge: A structure including supports erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, highway, or railway, and having a track or passageway for carrying vehicular traffic and having an opening measured along the center of the roadway of more than 6 feet between undercopings of abutments or spring lines of arches, or extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes.

Coding Guide: The most recent edition of the "Recording and Coding Guide for the Structure Inventory and Appraisal of the Nation's Bridges", prepared by the Federal Highway Administration. This manual is available from the Federal Highway Administration, Bridge Division HNG-33, 400 7th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20590.

Commissioner: The Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, or his authorized representatives.

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Commitment To Fund: A commitment issued to a municipality by the Commissioner to fund the project costs of an eligible bridge project through a project grant, a project loan, or both, in accordance with Section 5 of the regulations.

Culvert: A drainage opening or similar passageway beneath a roadway embankment with no definite distinction between superstructure and substructure, with an interior span length of 6 feet or more. It may also include multiple pipes, in which the clear distance between openings is less than half of the smaller contiguous opening, where the overall structure length is 6 feet or more.

DEP: The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

Eligible Bridge: A bridge or culvert owned and/or maintained by a municipality, carrying a certified public road, which has a condition rating of 4 or less given to any of the components specified in the regulations, or an appraisal rating of 2 or less given to the Structure Evaluation or Waterway Adequacy, and which has not received assistance from the Local Bridge Program within the last 20 years.

Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the State, July 1 to June 30.

FHWA: The U. S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.

Functionally Obsolete: A bridge or culvert with one of the measures of its ability to serve its intended purpose rated as intolerable, requiring high priority of corrective action. A functionally obsolete structure may or may not also be structurally deficient.

Highway Design Manual: The Connecticut Highway Design Manual, dated January 1999, published by the Connecticut Department of Transportation.

Inventory Rating: The rating, in tons, denoting the safe sustained load capacity of a structure, determined in accordance with the Load Factor Method (Strength Design Method) described in the AASHTO Manual for Condition Evaluation of Bridges.

Municipality: Any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, district, commission, authority or other political subdivision of the State, owning or having responsibility for the maintenance of all or a portion of an eligible bridge.

Scour: erosion or removal of streambed or bank material from bridge foundations due to flowing water.

Scour Critical: a bridge with abutment or pier foundations which are rated as unstable due to: 1) observed scour at the bridge site, or 2) a scour potential as determined from a scour evaluation study.

Structurally Deficient: A bridge or culvert with a major structural component rated “poor” or below.

Structure Evaluation: An overall rating of the structure which takes into account all major structural deficiencies, and evaluates a bridge in relation to the level of service it provides, as compared with a new bridge built to current standards. Important factors considered in this appraisal are the inventory rating and the condition ratings of the superstructure and substructure.

Superstructure: Bridge structural members above the top of the piers and abutments.

Substructure: Structural components which support the superstructure, such as piers, abutments, piles, fenders, footings, etc.

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Waterway Adequacy: The evaluation of the adequacy of waterway opening with respect to the passage of flow through the bridge. Important factors considered include the backwater depth, the likelihood of overtopping, and the resultant impact on traffic.

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BRIDGE EVALUATION

Though the specific eligibility criteria differ between the State and Federal assistance programs, the main factor determining eligibility for funding under both programs is the bridge’s physical condition. Therefore, it is necessary to have an understanding of how a numerical rating is applied to a bridge in order to understand how funding priority is established. To aid in that understanding, the rating system is explained in the following sections.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation’s Bridge Safety and Evaluation Section inspects all State and municipally owned bridges with spans greater than 20 feet on a regular basis. Municipally-owned bridges with spans less than 20 feet were inspected once during a study performed to comply with Public Act 87-584, "Local Bridge Study of Town-Owned Structures Less Than Twenty Feet But Greater Than or Equal to Six Feet In Span Length." This study was completed on April 30, 1992 and a final report was forwarded to the Connecticut General Assembly in June 1993. The Department's inspection of town-owned structures less than 20 feet will not be repeated unless mandated and funded by the Legislature.

During the inspections, the bridge inspectors carefully evaluate each component of a bridge, then assign a numerical rating to each component. The ratings range from 0 to 9, with “9” being the best, and “0” being the worst rating (see the tables in the Sufficiency Rating section for more details).

In general, bridges are considered to be “structurally deficient” if the physical condition of any of the major structural components (deck, superstructure and substructure) are rated as "poor" or below (a numerical rating of 4 or less), or if the appraisal ratings for the structure condition or waterway adequacy are rated as requiring a high priority for replacement (a numerical rating of 2 or less).

Because culverts do not have distinct decks, superstructures and substructures, these components are not rated as such when evaluating a culvert. Instead, a “culvert rating” is assigned which takes into account the overall condition of the culvert. A culvert is considered structurally deficient if the overall condition of the culvert is rated as “poor” or below (a numerical rating of 4 or less).

A bridge or culvert which is structurally deficient may not carry full legal loads, and if left unchecked, will continue to decay until it is unsafe for any load.

A bridge is considered “functionally obsolete” if the structural evaluation, deck geometry, under-clearances, approach roadway alignment, or waterway adequacy is rated as “intolerable requiring high priority of corrective action” (a numerical rating of 3 or less). A functionally obsolete structure may (or may not) be able to carry all legal loads, but its configuration impairs its ability to carry traffic or pass high water. A functionally obsolete structure contributes to traffic accidents and/or flooding, representing a liability to the municipality and a potential hazard to the public.

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Section 13a-175s of the Connecticut General Statutes requires the Commissioner of Transportation to maintain a list of deficient bridges and establish a priority list of eligible bridge projects for each State fiscal year. The purpose of the prioritized list is to rank the bridges statewide on the basis of need, and to determine which bridges will be funded if not enough funds are available to fund all applications. To accomplish this, each bridge is assigned a “Priority Rating”, using the methods explained in the following sections. In general, the structures in the worst condition will have the lowest Priority Ratings, with the lowest rating being the highest priority for funding, with exceptions possible in emergency situations.

A. SUFFICIENCY RATING

Paramount in the rating process is the sufficiency rating of the bridge. The sufficiency rating formula is a method of rating the structural integrity of a bridge by calculating four separate factors to obtain a numeric value which is indicative of bridge sufficiency. The result of this calculation is a percentage in which 100% would represent an entirely sufficient bridge and 0% would represent an entirely deficient bridge. Condition ratings of the superstructure, substructure (or culvert, if applicable) and the inventory rating (load carrying capacity of the structure), have the most impact in the sufficiency rating calculation.

Serviceability, functional obsolescence, and essentiality for public use are also considered in the sufficiency rating calculation. Loss of accessibility to schools, homes, businesses, etc., due to a load-restricted or closed bridge, constitutes an undue hardship to the public, not to mention the reduction or loss of essential services such as, fire protection, police, and medical services. Also, lengthy detours due to a closed or posted structure present ecological and financial hardship.

All these factors combine to produce the sufficiency rating. The sufficiency rating is based on a formula in which 55% of the total is based on structural adequacy and safety, 30% on serviceability and functional obsolescence, and 15% on essentiality for public use. A graph depicting the sufficiency rating criteria is shown in Figure 1. For a more complete explanation of how the sufficiency rating is calculated, see Appendix B of the Coding Guide.

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1. Structural Adequacy and SafetyS1 = 55% Max.

2. Serviceability and Functional

ObsolescenceS2 = 30% Max.

3. Essentiality for Public Use

S3 = 15% Max.

59 Superstructure60 Substructure62 Culverts66 Inventory Rating

19 Detour Length 29 Average Daily Traffic100 Defense Highway Designation

28 Lanes on Structure29 Average Daily Traffic32 Approach Roadway Width43 Structure Type, Main51 Bridge Roadway Width53 VC over Deck58 Deck Geometry67 Structure Evaluation68 Deck Geometry69 Underclearances71 Waterway Adequacy72 Approach Road Align.100 Defense Highway Des.

4. Special ReductionsS4 = 13% max.

19 Detour Length 36 Traffic Safety Features

43 Structure Type, Main

Sufficiency Rating = S1 + S2 + S3 - S4

Sufficiency Rating shall not be less than 0% nor greater than 100%

Figure 1. Summary of Sufficiency Rating Factors

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For evaluating the structural components such as decks, superstructures, substructures and culverts, the following numerical condition rating system is used:

Code Description N NOT APPLICABLE 9 EXCELLENT 8 VERY GOOD - no problems noted 7 GOOD - some minor problems 6 SATISFACTORY - structural elements show some minor deterioration 5 FAIR - all primary structural elements are sound, but may have minor section

loss, cracking, spalling or scour. 4 POOR - advanced section loss, deterioration, spalling or scour. 3 SERIOUS - loss of section, deterioration, spalling or scour have seriously

affected primary structural components. Local failures are possible. Fatigue cracks in steel or shear cracks in concrete may be present.

2 CRITICAL - advanced deterioration of primary structural elements. Fatigue cracks in steel or shear cracks in concrete may be present or scour may have removed substructure support. Unless closely monitored it may be necessary to close the bridge until corrective action is taken.

1 IMMINENT FAILURE - major deterioration or section loss present in critical structural components or obvious vertical or horizontal movement affecting structure stability. Bridge is closed to traffic, but corrective action may put back in light service.

0 FAILED - out of service - beyond corrective action.

For rating the overall structural evaluation, deck geometry (width), under-clearances, approach roadway alignment, and waterway adequacy, the following rating system is used:

Code Description N Not Applicable 9 Superior to present desirable criteria 8 Equal to present desirable criteria 7 Better than present minimum criteria 6 Equal to present minimum criteria 5 Somewhat better than minimum adequacy to tolerate being left in place as-is 4 Meets minimum tolerable limits to be left in place as-is 3 Basically intolerable requiring high priority of corrective action 2 Basically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement 1 (this value not used) 0 Bridge closed

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B. PRIORITY RATING

The Priority Rating represents the physical condition of the structure, based upon the sufficiency rating (as discussed above), with additional “weight” given to the ratings of the main structural components and the structure’s load carrying capacity. The following formulas are used, depending upon whether the structure is a bridge or a culvert. These formulas are used to define the "physical condition" as required in Section 13a-175p of the Connecticut General Statutes. The data for the formulas is taken from the rating reports developed by the bridge inspectors using the Coding Guide.

1. For Structures with Abutments and Piers

Priority Rating = S.R. - 2 [1-(DC+SUB+SUP)/27] - 4 [1-(IR)/36]

S.R. = Sufficiency Rating DC = Deck Condition Rating (0-9) SUB = Condition Rating of Substructure (0-9) SUP = Condition Rating of Superstructure (0-9) IR = HS-20 Gross Inventory Rating in Tons (Tractor semi-trailer

combinations inventory rating - Max. 36)

Note: The factors of 27 and 36 are the maximum ratings for deck, substructure and superstructure conditions (9 x 3) and the acceptable load limit for a structure (36 tons) respectively.

2. For Culverts and Arches

Priority Rating = S.R. - 2 [1-(CUL)/9] - 4 [1-(IR)/36] CUL = Culvert Condition Rating (0-9)

A preliminary list of eligible bridges with span lengths greater than 20 feet (measured along the centerline of the road carried) is provided in Appendix 1. This list is updated annually and utilizes the most recent data gathered by the Department of Transportation during the Department’s regular inspections of Town-owned and maintained structures. Bridges which have previously received funding under the Local Bridge Program within the last 20 years are not included on the eligible bridge list, even though they may again be deficient. The chart will indicate if the bridge is eligible for State funding, Federal funding, or both.

A preliminary list of eligible bridges with span lengths less than 20 feet is provided in Appendix 1A. This list was developed from data collected during the one-time inspections performed to comply with Public Act 87-584, "Local Bridge Study of Town-Owned Structures Less Than Twenty Feet But Greater Than or Equal to Six Feet In Span Length." The Department recognizes that structures which were identified in the original study to be in fair condition or better will experience continued degradation due to age and use, and may currently be in worse condition than the Department’s records indicate. A municipality may use staff professionals or engage a consulting professional engineer to conduct an inspection to provide updated

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information that may enable a structure to qualify for funding. The inspection report must be developed using the Federal Coding Guide, be signed and sealed by a Connecticut-registered professional engineer, and be submitted to the Department of Transportation for review and approval. If the bridge is found to be deficient, it will be added to the list of eligible bridges and a priority rating will be assigned. A bridge inspection report may be submitted for review at any time during the year, but the bridge will not be considered for funding until the inspection report has been reviewed. Bridges with span lengths less than 20 feet are generally not eligible for Federal funding.

Before June 30 of each year, the Department will establish a priority list of eligible bridge projects for which applications have been submitted. Authorization for funding is determined by the project's ranking on that list, and the extent of the funding available. Projects for which applications were submitted in one fiscal year, but due to program funding limitations were not accepted into the Program, may be resubmitted for funding consideration in a subsequent fiscal year, provided that construction has not yet begun.

C. EMERGENCY CONDITIONS

The legislation permits the Commissioner to approve projects without regard to the priority list if a public emergency exists. A public emergency is interpreted to mean a situation in which the physical condition of a bridge requires it to be closed, or its load limit reduced substantially, resulting in the isolation of people or a significant delay in the availability of services to such an extent that the safety of people is jeopardized.

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FUNDING PROGRAMS

STATE FUNDS

Two basic types of State financial assistance are available to municipalities for local bridges listed on the eligible bridge lists: grants and loans. Grants are provided based upon the assessment of the town's ability to pay, as measured by the "Adjusted Equalized Net Grand List Per Capita (AENGLC)" method, as compiled by the Connecticut Department of Education. Each town's ranking on that list and the corresponding grant percentages are listed in Appendix 2. Rankings on that list are used to compute a grant percentage for each municipality ranging from 10% to 33% of the total cost of the project. This list is updated annually and grant percentages are adjusted accordingly.

Towns may also apply for a loan covering up to 50% of the eligible project costs from the Local Bridge Revolving Fund. Loans are made at an interest rate of 6% per year, with the interest payable quarterly and the principal payable annually, maturing no later than 10 years from the date that the loan is made. Project loans are made pursuant to a loan agreement and promissory note between the State and the borrowing municipality which specifies the terms of the loan.

To qualify for State funding, a bridge must carry a certified public road, be municipally owned and/or maintained, and be structurally deficient according to criteria developed by the Federal Highway Administration in the Coding Guide.

Bridges which have previously received funding under the Local Bridge Program are not eligible for additional funding until at least 20 years after the completion of the earlier project. Projects which construct a new bridge in a new location (not built as a replacement for an existing bridge) are also not eligible.

Many types of projects are eligible for funding. The scope of the project may include reconstruction, rehabilitation, modifications or improvements such as widening, complete replacement, or complete removal, as long as the project corrects the deficiencies which made the bridge eligible for funding. The project may use standard materials such as steel and concrete, traditional material such as timber, or innovative materials such as plastics and aluminum, as long as sound engineering practices are used. Any reasonable structure type may also be used, including timber trusses, if conditions permit.

Applications for financial aid will be evaluated only for those projects anticipated to be under way during the upcoming fiscal year. Extensions can be granted provided that the municipality demonstrates that it is vigorously pursuing the project.

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If the municipality submits all required documentation on schedule, funding for eligible projects is made available at approximately the time of construction contract award. Preliminary studies, engineering and property acquisition costs are eligible, subject to certain restrictions, and are reimbursed retroactively. Under exceptional circumstances, municipalities may apply for an advance grant to fund the preliminary engineering phase of a project. Construction costs incurred prior to the Commitment to Fund are not eligible for reimbursement.

In the event of multiple municipal involvement in a bridge project, a decision must be made by the governing bodies of each involved municipality as to which municipality will be the lead relative to contact with the Department. The lead municipality will be responsible for overall prosecution of the project, including coordination with other municipalities, meeting all requirements of the Statutes, regulations and the Department's administrative documents. Agreements between municipalities defining concurrence in the selection of the lead municipality must be submitted to the Department at the preliminary application stage. Subsequent agreements defining financial responsibility must be submitted at the supplemental formal application stage. Grants will be made for the project costs using either: (1) each municipality’s percentage as determined by formula for the percentage of cost attributable to each municipality; or (2) the grant percentage of the lead municipality. In the event costs are not divided evenly between municipalities, the rationale must be approved by the Department.

The Commissioner may, however, deem the lead municipality to be the only municipality eligible for financial aid, or both, without regard to the ownership or other interests of any other municipality in the eligible bridge. In this case, agreements, grant and loan disbursement certifications and loan payments will be made with and by the lead municipality only.

The Local Bridge Program does not prohibit the use of other State funding sources, such as Town Aid for Roads or Local Capital Improvement Program grants, in conjunction with Local Bridge Program funding. However, any other funding programs being used should be checked to see if they prohibit funding from other sources. In any event, no municipality may receive a grant and/or loan amount which exceeds the allowable percentage of eligible project costs. Since the Local Bridge Program grant is based on the municipality’s share of construction costs, participation in other aid programs which pay for 100% of construction costs will render the project ineligible for a grant from the Local Bridge Program for the same project.

Eligible Costs

Program regulations require that only those costs of a bridge project which are determined to be necessary and reasonable are reimbursable. In general, a cost is necessary and reasonable if, in its nature or amount, it does not exceed that which would be incurred by a prudent person in the conduct of a competitive business. In any given project the reasonableness or necessity of certain items of cost may be difficult to determine. In order to avoid a possible subsequent disallowance or dispute based on a cost being found unnecessary or unreasonable, the municipality is encouraged to seek advance approval from the Local Bridge Program Administrator as to the treatment to be accorded such cost.

Examples of items which will ordinarily be considered eligible costs include, by category:

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Preliminary Engineering:

�� Engineering studies and inspections undertaken to determine whether a bridge is eligible for the Local Bridge Program;

�� Preliminary surveys;

�� Preliminary engineering activities, including type studies, preparation of project plans, specifications, and cost estimates;

�� Preparation of bid documents;

�� Preparation of permit applications;

�� Soil borings and other subsurface investigations used for design;

�� Public hearings and legal notices;

�� Historical reviews and archeological studies prior to construction;

Rights-of-Way:

�� Property and easement acquisition;

�� Property appraisals;

�� Title searches;

�� Legal fees for eminent domain proceedings;

Utilities:

�� Engineering costs related to municipally owned utility relocation;

�� Municipally owned utility adjustment and relocation costs;

Construction: �� Construction costs (those payments made to the construction contractor) for work

on the bridge, including approach roadway work necessitated by the bridge project, and any extra work required to properly complete the project;

�� Where a municipality undertakes a project using its own labor, equipment and material: payroll costs of municipal employees directly working on the project, burden and fringe costs, such as FICA, vacation pay, sick leave pay, and pension contributions, of such employees so long as such costs can be audited; documented costs of materials; costs per hour of an item of equipment so long as such costs can be audited; if such costs cannot be audited then the then current equipment charges published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

�� Costs generally recognized as reasonable and necessary for the performance of the project taking into account established contracting or construction practices;

�� Costs incurred to comply with Federal and State laws and regulations, and contract terms and specifications;

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Construction Engineering/Incidentals to Construction:

�� Construction inspection;

�� Materials testing;

�� Construction advertising;

�� Construction bid review and analysis;

�� Review of shop, construction and working drawings;

�� Engineering support and consultation during construction;

�� Inspector’s field office costs;

�� Archeological studies after beginning construction;

�� Construction staking and surveying not performed by the construction contractor;

�� Other costs generally recognized as reasonable and necessary for the performance of the project to the standards used on ConnDOT projects

Costs which ordinarily will not be eligible for State local bridge program funding include:

�� General municipal administration costs, including the wages or salaries of municipal employees not working directly on the project;

�� Overhead costs of a municipality performing construction on its own account;

�� Interim or final audits;

�� Preliminary engineering (design) and/or construction engineering (inspection) costs in excess of 15% of the construction cost for each activity.

�� Construction costs incurred prior to the commitment to fund;

�� Costs for roadway work not necessitated by the bridge project;

�� Expenses for relocation of utilities not owned by a municipality;

�� Legal expenses for lawsuits related to the project;

�� Premiums for insurance;

�� Any costs generally not recognized as reasonable and necessary for the performance of the project to the standards used on ConnDOT projects.

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FEDERAL FUNDS

HBRRP

From time to time, ConnDOT has been able to make funding available from the Federal Highway Administration’s Highway Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement Program (HBRR or HBRRP). This program provides reimbursement of up to 80% of eligible project costs, for all phases of a project.

To be eligible for Federal funding, the bridge must be municipally owned and/or maintained, be structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, have a sufficiency rating less than 80, and must also carry a public road classified by Federal guidelines as being either a “urban local” road, a “rural local” road, or a “rural minor collector”.

The types of costs which are eligible or not eligible for Federal participation are mostly similar to the State program, but there are some differences. For example, HBRR funds may not be used for demolition of a bridge which will not be replaced. HBRR funds may be used for:

�� The total replacement of a structurally deficient or functionally obsolete highway bridge on any public road with a new facility constructed in the same general traffic corridor,

�� The rehabilitation that is required to restore the structural integrity of a bridge on any public road, as well as the rehabilitation work necessary to correct major safety (functional) defects,

�� The replacement of ferryboat operations in existence on January 1, 1984, the replacement of bridges destroyed before 1965, low-water crossings, and bridges made obsolete by Corps of Engineers (COE) flood control or channelization projects and not rebuilt with COE funds, and

�� Bridge painting, seismic retrofitting, or installing scour countermeasures.

Deficient highway bridges eligible for replacement or rehabilitation must be over waterways, other topographical barriers, other highways, or railroads. They must, however, as determined by the State and the Secretary of Transportation, be “significantly important” and unsafe because of structural deficiencies, physical deterioration, or functional obsolescence. A bridge which has been closed for an extended period of time (5 or more consecutive years) would be considered to be “not significantly important’, and thus would not eligible for funding.

Because Federal funds are involved, additional requirements and procedures come into play. To ensure that municipalities do not run afoul of the Federal regulations, ConnDOT works closely with the municipality during the course of a project. Once a commitment to fund a qualifying municipal bridge project is issued by ConnDOT, the municipality is provided guidance by ConnDOT in developing the contract plans, specifications and estimates. The municipality must stay in close contact with ConnDOT to ensure compliance with all program requirements. Failure to follow these rules may result in the municipality being responsible for

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some or all project costs. Cancellation of a project by a municipality after Federal funds have been expended may also result in the municipality being required to reimburse the Federal government for some of the costs incurred prior to cancellation.

It is important to note that this is a reimbursement program. This means that the municipality must be prepared to pay project expenses “up front”, and then be reimbursed after the fact. Thus, the municipality should budget enough local funding to cover several months of project costs, which may be considerable during the construction phase.

Some other significant differences caused by Federal funding requirements are outlined in the section “Guidelines For Obtaining Funds Under the Local Bridge Program”.

Other Federal Programs

For information on other Federal funding programs, please contact your regional planning agency.

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PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Each year, the Department updates and publishes this program manual and solicits applications for the upcoming fiscal year. The current State Fiscal Year runs from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, and hence is known as Fiscal Year 2003.

The municipality, as the structure’s owner, is ultimately responsible for all phases of the project. This may include, but is not limited to, survey, studies, preliminary and final design, material testing, utility relocation, rights-of-way activities, permit acquisition, construction work, construction supervision and inspection. If a municipality does not diligently pursue the project, no progress will be made. For Federally-funded projects, ConnDOT will provide considerable oversight and guidance in completing these tasks, and if requested, the Department may perform rights-of-way activities. On State funded projects, much less oversight is provided.

These activities may be accomplished either in-house by municipal staff, or by consulting engineers and contractors solicited for that purpose. When selecting a consultant engineer for a project which is not Federally-funded, the municipality may use its normal procedure for purchasing outside services. When Federal funds are used for a project, a “qualification based” selection procedure must be employed, and the consultant’s activities will be governed by the latest edition of the ConnDOT Consulting Engineers Manual. Preliminary engineering (design) and construction engineering (inspection) must not exceed 15% of the construction cost for each activity.

Should the municipality opt to accomplish the construction using its own employees (the "force account" method), the current F.E.M.A. (Federal Emergency Management Agency) schedule of rates for rental of equipment will be used. Hourly rates for personnel and the pre-bid prices for materials from the current "Town Aid" schedule will also be allowed. The necessary guidelines for equipment rate charges, material certification and municipal payroll costs will be made available to the municipalities.

INITIATION/PRELIMINARY APPLICATION

A project is initiated by the municipality determining that it desires to repair or replace an eligible bridge. Bridges which are known by ConnDOT to be in poor condition and meeting other program requirements (and are thus eligible) are listed in Appendices 1 and 1A; additional bridges may also be considered for addition to the eligible bridge list if the municipality submits an inspection by a licensed engineer revealing them to be in poor condition, and the Department agrees with the results of the inspection report.

The municipality begins by estimating the scope of work needed to return the bridge to an acceptable condition, and preparing a preliminary cost estimate for this work. At the preliminary

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application stage, cost estimates are generally based on estimates for similar types of work; detailed plans and specifications are not required at this point.

Once preliminary plans and specifications have been developed, the municipality should have a rough idea of the project’s scope and cost, and is ready to submit a Preliminary Application. The preliminary application must be submitted by the deadline established by the Commissioner; for State Fiscal Year 2003 the deadline has been extended until May 17, 2002. The preliminary application will be reviewed by the Local Bridge Program Administrator, and if sufficient funding is available, ConnDOT will issue a “Commitment to Fund” around July 1 of the same year. Once a commitment to fund a project is made, subsequent priority revisions will not alter the commitment, and the Department will participate in the applicable portion of all eligible project costs, up to the limit of available funding. Engineering costs incurred prior to the commitment to fund date are reimbursable under the State program, but construction costs incurred prior to the commitment to fund are not. Therefore, construction should not begin until after the commitment to fund is signed.

After the commitment to fund is issued, the subsequent development of the project will be determined by whether or not Federal funds are involved. Federally-funded projects will follow the path outlined in the section entitled “Procedures for Federally Funded Projects”. Projects not Federally-funded will follow the path outlined in the section entitled “Procedures for State Funded Projects”.

SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION

With the commitment to fund in hand, the municipality is ready to proceed with the design stage, where the scope and estimated costs will be more accurately defined. As a part of the design process, a public hearing must be held to solicit public input.

As the project develops, the municipality must inform the Department of any major changes in the cost of the project (in excess of 10%), so that the Department can allocate sufficient funding to the project. Failure to notify the Department of increases in the cost of a project may result in the State not participating in any costs beyond the amount of the original Commitment to Fund. Once the final design, rights-of-way acquisition, utility coordination, permits, and public hearing are completed, the municipality is ready to submit the Supplemental Application. The individual responsible for the project’s design must be a professional engineer licensed in Connecticut, and must sign and seal the plans and specifications.

Design criteria should be consistent with the Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the ConnDOT Bridge Manual, and the ConnDOT Highway Design Manual. The guidelines have considerable flexibility built into them, and also have provisions for deviating from standards when conditions warrant. Additional consideration should be given to remaining fatigue life, hydraulic analysis, and scour susceptibility.

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If the municipality deviates from the AASHTO or Highway Design Manual guidelines, it must consider and document all of the factors listed in CGS Section 13a-86a (formerly Public Act 97-214 - see Appendix 3). This documentation should be retained in the project’s file, and need not be submitted to the Department unless Federal funds are involved. For projects with Federal funding, the designer will be required to comply with all ConnDOT standards where possible; any deviations from the AASHTO or ConnDOT design guidelines must be approved by the Department. A life expectancy of at least 20 years after construction completion will be required for all projects. HS-20 load capacity must be achieved on the structure, unless a municipality opts for a lesser load limit for a rehabilitation project. In all cases, a minimum load capacity of 12 tons must be obtained. Designs must also consider fatigue on existing structural elements in accordance with the AASHTO Guidelines for Fatigue Evaluation of Bridges. Guide railing of a safe and responsible design will be required at the leading ends to bridges. Consideration should be given to upgrading the bridge railings to current AASHTO standards.

The Supplemental Application must be made on the current form supplied by the Department, and must include the final plans, specifications, detailed cost estimates, public hearing notice and minutes, and the following certifications:

1) By a professional engineer licensed in Connecticut that the design conforms to the minimum AASHTO and Highway Design Manual requirements. In accordance with Public Act 97-214, the municipality has the responsibility for approving any digressions from AASHTO or Highway Design Manual guidelines, for projects funded solely under the State Local Bridge Program.

2) By an appraiser that all property values assessed on the project are fair and reasonable. If no property was acquired for the project, a letter to this effect should be submitted.

3) By an authorized municipal official that property acquisition is complete or will be complete at the time construction starts.

4) By an authorized municipal official that public utility companies are aware of the project and prepared to relocate or adjust facilities as necessary to construct the project, and that estimates for the relocation or adjustment of municipally-owned utilities are realistic for the project need.

On projects which are not Federally funded, the Department requires plans and specifications to be submitted primarily for data collection purposes and for planning inspections, so that the official files maintained on each bridge can be kept up to date. The Department does not routinely review or approve any plans or specifications, except for those projects which are Federally funded; that responsibility lies solely with the municipality. The Department may, however, offer comments on the proposed design, as workload permits. The plans should show structural members in sufficient detail to enable load rating calculations to be performed (if structural details are left to a vendor, shop drawings should be submitted as well).

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AGREEMENTS

All payments to the municipality by the State must be made in accordance with a formal State/Municipal agreement. This agreement will be a standard form agreement, approved by the Attorney General, which the municipality will not be allowed to add, delete, substitute, or modify any portion of. For Federally funded projects, there will be separate agreements for each phase of the project (design, rights-of-way, construction). For State funded projects, there will normally be only one agreement covering all phases of the project. If the scope of the project changes significantly, a supplemental agreement may be needed.

Upon review and acceptance of the supplemental application, the Department will prepare and forward a State/municipal agreement to the municipality for signatures. The grant and/or loan amounts in the agreement are based on the data submitted as part of the Supplemental Application. Two copies of the agreement will be prepared by the Local Bridge Program office, and forwarded to the municipality along with instructions for signature by the municipal official. Once signed by the municipality, both copies of the agreements, along with attachments, must be returned to the Department to be signed by the State.

When the agreements are fully executed, one copy of the agreement will be returned to the municipality, and a Tax Exempt Proceeds Fund account will be established by Reich & Tang Mutual Funds. A checkbook will be sent to the municipality by Reich & Tang to allow the municipality to withdraw the funds when due. The account will be funded to the value of the grant (and loan if applicable) when all required documents have been submitted and the project is ready for closing.

Upon receipt of bids, the municipality will certify the bids, select the successful bidder, and submit certified copies of the bids to DOT. In the event that the municipality selects a bidder other than the "low bidder", documentation substantiating the selection must be submitted for approval.

Once all administrative requirements are complete and all required documents have been submitted, the Attorney General’s office will be notified that the project is ready for “closing”. The closing involves the submission of several documents by the municipality and its attorney for review by the Attorney General’s Office. Upon conclusion of the closing, the Attorney General’s office will notify the Local Bridge Program Administrator, and the funds in the account will be made available to the municipality. If construction is not yet complete, the funds will be transferred into the Tax Exempt Proceeds Fund account, where the municipality may write checks against the account to cover project costs. If construction has been completed, the municipality may request that the State send a check for the entire grant and/or loan amount directly to the municipal treasurer.

PERMITS

The municipality is responsible for obtaining all permits required by federal, state and local regulatory agencies, including local Inland Wetlands and Watercourses. Any project which

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impacts a waterway or wetlands will require a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, regardless of the funding source. Most Local Bridge Program projects will have impacts small enough that they will be covered under Category I or Category II of the Connecticut Programmatic General Permit (CT PGP).

Some projects, especially those involving larger waterways, may also require additional State and Federal permits, such as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers individual permits, and U.S. Coast Guard Bridge Permit Application (and/or navigation lighting approval or waiver). Projects impacting tidal, coastal or navigable waters may require permits from the DEP’s Office of Long Island Sound Programs. Construction sites disturbing one acre or more will also require a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit under the Federal Clean Water Act.

Following is a list of regulatory approvals which may be required, depending upon the particulars of the project:

�� DEP Flood Management Certification.

�� Municipal Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Permit under the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act (CGS Sections 22a-36 to 22a-45(a), inclusive),

�� Water Diversion Permit under the Connecticut Water Diversion Policy Act (CGS Sections 22a-365 to 22a-378(a), inclusive),

�� DEP Stream Channel Encroachment Lines Permit (CGS Sections 22a-342 to 22a-349(a), inclusive),

�� Dam Safety Construction Permit (CGS Sections 22a-401 to 22a-411, inclusive),

�� DEP Structures, Dredging and Filling Permit (CGS Sections 22a-359 to 22a-363f, inclusive),

�� DEP Tidal Wetlands Permit under the Tidal Wetlands Act (CGS Sections 22a-28 to 22a-35a inclusive),

�� DEP Certificate of Permission (CGS Section 22a-363b),

�� Long Island Sound General Permits (CGS Sections 22a-28 to 22a-35 and Sections 22a-359 to 22a-363f inclusive),

�� Corps of Engineers Permit Application (typically a Programmatic General Permit concurrence).

�� U.S. Coast Guard Bridge Permit Application and/or navigation lighting approval or waiver.

�� Department of Health Services Change in Land Use Permit Application.

�� DEP Section 401 Water Quality Certificate Application.

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Flood Management Certification

Because State funds are involved, Section 25-68d of the Connecticut General Statutes requires that a State Flood Management Certificate be obtained from the DEP. The municipality must prepare the application for the Floodplain Management certificate, and forward it to the Local Bridge Program Administrator for signature. The Administrator will then forward the application to DEP. Applications submitted directly to DEP by the municipality, instead of by the DOT, will be returned by DEP without review. Permit applications should be sent in early in the project development, in case regulatory agencies require design revisions.

Flood Management General Certification

For certain minor activities within regulated floodplain, the Department of Transportation has been granted a “General Certification” by DEP. When all work on a project falls into the categories described below, ConnDOT’s Hydraulics and Drainage Section will certify that the project is covered by the general certification, and no separate FMC application will be needed. The eleven approved activities are described in detail below:

1. Minor Safety Improvements and Streetscape Projects: Projects which include minor grading and minor safety improvements including but not limited to traffic signals, signs, sidewalks, landscaping and light poles. This item does not include fencing or sound barriers.

Landscape plantings will be in accordance with the most current version of the Connecticut Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Roads, Bridges and Incidental Construction, as revised by the latest supplements, and also in accordance with the State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection’s Non-Native Invasive plant Species Policy dated November 13, 1998. Obstructions such as poles, signs and plantings may be placed in the floodplain, but not in the floodway. Any grade changes will be limited to 2.0 feet maximum over the existing ground elevation and must further be limited to the outer 20% of the floodway fringe as depicted on the relevant FEMA Floodway map. The length of the encroachment as measured longitudinally along the stream corridor will not exceed 500 feet.

2. Roadway Repaving, Maintenance & Underground Utilities: Milling, repaving and associated regrading to roadsides. Also included are roadway patching and repairs to existing grade and work to the subgrade of the roadway such as utility work, underdrain and storm drain installation, exclusive of storm drainage outfalls.

Construction under this category will allow up to a 4 inch increase in pavement height in a floodway fringe but no increase in pavement height in a floodway. This item will allow for the roadside to be graded to meet the new pavement grade. Also included are roadway patching and repairs to existing grade, and work to the subgrade of the roadway, such as utility work, underdrain and storm drain installation when such work does not affect the elevation of the roadway within the regulated area.

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3. Minor Stormwater Drainage Improvements: Replacement with equivalent diameter pipe of drainage outfalls, replacement or placement of riprap splash pads or plunge pools set no higher than existing grade at existing outfalls. Placement of a flared end as a replacement for an endwall is acceptable provided the fill matches adjacent slope limits. The design of rip rap splash pads and plunge pools shall conform to the guidelines in the ConnDOT Drainage Manual and/or FHWA Publication No – FHWA-RD-94-096, “Culvert Repair Practices Manual”, Volumes 1 & 2, May 1995. Any change in outlet pipe size will necessitate an individual Flood Management Certification.

4. Removal of Sediment from a Floodplain: Removal of sediment from a floodplain including pond and ditch cleaning. Removal of fill also includes the cleaning of ponds when all other necessary Inland or Coastal wetland permits are approved. Sediment shall be disposed of in accordance with Best Management Practices as outlined in Section 1.10 of the Connecticut Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Roads, Bridges and Incidental Construction, Form 814A or 815, as revised by the latest supplements.

5. Wetland Creation or Enhancement: Removal of material and placement of organic soils and wetland plantings. This item shall include actions necessary for creating wetland mitigation sites, such as placement of organic soils and wetland plantings. Any placement of material for soil amendment shall be an amount less than or equal to the material which was removed from the floodplain.

6. Scour Repairs at Structures: Scour repairs which bring the streambed back to original grade, as either depicted on original as-built plans or as determined in the field by the Engineer. Note: Municipal projects which require no other State permit approvals do not qualify for the General Certification under this item.

Fill will be placed to an appropriate level which is at an elevation no higher than the original grade at either bridge face or points beyond the influence of local or contraction scour. The placement of riprap or alternate counter-measures must be limited to local scour holes adjacent to the bridge substructure units, retaining walls, wingwalls or culvert termini.

7. Guide Rail Installation: Installation, replacement or repair of guide rails including minor clearing and grubbing which may be necessary to place a new system and allow for its deflection and the use of appropriate materials under guiderail to prevent erosion. Jersey-type solid safety barriers may not be placed under this item.

8. Deck and Superstructure Replacements: Replacement of the superstructure or deck of a structure where both the existing and proposed low chord elevation is above the floodway elevation. Temporary impacts for construction may include but are not limited to; scaffolding, ladders, sandbags, cofferdams and sedimentation control devices necessary to perform the work. This item includes necessary modifications to

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the substructure to accommodate the new superstructure if the modifications are above the floodway elevation.

No modifications below the floodway elevation are included in this item. No decrease in hydraulic capacity will occur as a result of any work under this item. Any temporary impact items will be able to be removed in a timely manner from the site in case of a flood warning, except for items designed under the ConnDOT Drainage Manual as temporary structures, and will allow for the passage of fish, with minimal disturbance to the streambed.

9. Minor Bridge Repairs: Repairs to bridges, culverts or pipes including such actions as repairs to spalling concrete, repointing, painting, replacement of wood on wooden bridges, or other maintenance activity which would not diminish the hydraulic capacity of the structure. Temporary impacts for construction may include but are not limited to: scaffolding, ladders, cofferdams, sandbags and sedimentation control devices necessary to perform the work.

10. Fisheries Enhancements: Work in waterways to create or enhance fisheries habitat. Such work may include placement of boulders, riparian plantings, vortex rock weirs, log structures, wing deflectors, channel blocks, cover logs and rootwads, bank cribbing and other enhancements such as scour pool excavation and stream bank stabilization. This item includes any temporary impacts necessary for construction. This item may not be used for construction of fishways or fish ladders.

All enhancements must be approved by the DOT Hydraulics and Drainage Section. Boulders or groupings of boulders placed will be no wider than 20% of the stream width and there will be no more than one boulder or boulder grouping per 300 square feet of channel. Boulders will be placed only downstream of any bridge structure. Riparian plantings will be conducted in accordance with the State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection’s Non-Native Plant Species Policy dated November 13, 1998. Temporary floodplain impacts for construction necessary to perform the work shall be allowed

11. Surveying and Testing: This item includes activities such as field survey, excavation of utility test pits, physical testing or the installation of monitoring devices to determine surface or subsurface engineering site data.

Conventional land survey activities will be accomplished in accordance with standard ConnDOT practice. Minor manual clearing of brush or undergrowth will be allowed to establish lines of sight necessary for geodetic survey. Soil borings using mechanical drill rigs will be allowed provided that no fill is placed for access to the drilling site. The installation or use of temporary or permanent monitoring devices to record or provide real time data relative to bridges, culverts, streams or subsurface characteristics will be allowed providing that there is no resultant permanent reduction in hydraulic capacity at a waterway crossing site. Any devices shall be approved by the Hydraulics and Drainage Unit of DOT. The excavation of utility test

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pits using mechanical excavators is acceptable providing that there is no change in the final ground elevation at the test pit site.

The following practices shall be followed for ALL activities covered under this General Certification:

● Proper erosion and sedimentation controls will be utilized in conjunction with Best Management Practices as outlined in Section 1.10 of the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Roads, Bridges and Incidental Construction, Form 814A or 815, as revised by the latest supplements.

● Any temporary facilities or equipment requiring work in, or placement in a waterway, must be able to be removed in a timely manner from the site in case of a flood warning, except for items designed as temporary structures, in accordance with the guidelines outlined in the ConnDOT Drainage Manual for Temporary Hydraulic Structures.

● Temporary facilities will allow for the passage of fish with minimal disturbance to the streambed.

● Unconfined in-stream work must be limited to the period June 1 to September 30th.

When seeking Flood Management Certification under the general permit procedure, the town’s engineer should put together a package of information including, but not limited to, the following:

�� Project description with a statement of hydraulics and drainage involvement. �� Location plan. �� Design plans. �� Copy of flood map. �� Justification of why the request qualifies under FM General Certification. �� Available supporting reports, computations, etc.

This package must be sent to the Administrator of the Local Bridge Program, who will forward it to the Hydraulics and Drainage Section for review and approval. Any questions regarding the general certification status should be addressed to the Administrator of the Local Bridge Program.

Corps of Engineers General Permits

CATEGORY I (Non-reporting/Minimal Impacts)

Activities in Connecticut that are subject to Corps jurisdiction and meet the definition of Category I on the DEFINITION OF CATEGORIES sheets, as well as all of the other conditions of this PGP, do not require separate application to the Corps.

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Category I is non-reporting for activities located on lands within the exterior boundaries of an Indian reservation or activities that are regulated by the CT DEP (Office of Long Island Sound Programs/Inland Water Resources Division) or the Connecticut municipal inland wetlands agencies. Activities not regulated by either of these agencies, as well as activities located on lands within the exterior boundaries of an Indian reservation that are regulated by the Corps, will be subject to the Category II screening requirements of this PGP.

Category I does not apply to projects occurring in a component of, or within 0.25 mile up or downstream of the main stem or tributaries of a river segment of the National Wild and Scenic River System, projects with impacts to special wetlands, threatened or endangered species, species of special concern, or significant natural communities identified by the CT Natural Diversity Database, dams, dikes, or other projects regulated under the CT Water Diversion Policy Act.

Although Category I projects are non-reporting, the Corps reserves the right to require either screening under Category II or an individual permit review if there are concerns for the aquatic environment or any other factor of the public interest.

CATEGORY II (Reporting/Minimal Impacts)

Activities in Connecticut that are subject to Corps jurisdiction and appear to meet the definition of Category II on the Definition of Categories sheets will be reviewed at Federal/state joint screening meetings to determine whether such activities may be eligible under this PGP. To be eligible, an activity must meet all the terms and conditions of the PGP, and result in minimal impacts to the aquatic environment.

In order to satisfy Section 106 of the Historic Preservation Act, applicants with projects eligible for Category II must coordinate with the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) and when necessary (projects located east of the Thames River to the Rhode Island border and inland to Montville and Ledyard) the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) of both the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe.

Applicants must submit a copy of their application materials to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), to be reviewed for the presence of historic/archaeological resources in the permit area that may be affected by the proposed work. The Corps will then be notified by the SHPO if there are State concerns that the proposed work will have an effect on historic resources. The applicant should include with their application, either a copy of their cover letter, a statement of having sent their application materials to the SHPO, or a letter from the SHPO.

Category II projects may not proceed until written notification is received from the Corps. This written approval will be in the form of a Corps PGP authorization letter sent directly to the applicant.

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PROJECT COMPLETION

Once construction has been completed, the municipality must certify to the Department that the project has been completed, within 90 days of the completion of construction. When available, the municipality should also submit a set of “as-built” plans to the Department, to be included in the Bridge Safety & Evaluation Section’s file on each bridge. The as-built plans will be used in planning any future inspections of the bridge.

The municipality must obtain an audit of the total cost of the project by a Certified Public Accountant (either a project-specific audit, or as part of the applicable annual municipal audits) and forward the audit to the Department for the purpose of adjusting the final grant and/or loan amounts and closing out the project, with the exception of the pay-back of any loan issued by the State. Failure to provide an audit is an event of default under the project agreement, and may result in the Department requesting the return of the grant and loan, and the municipality becoming ineligible for future financial assistance.

The contents of the audit report must be in accordance with government auditing standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, and the requirements as outlined in the OMB Circular A-133, “Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations” and the State Single Audit Act, as applicable.

If the audit will be performed as part of the municipality’s annual single audit, the auditor should be given notice that the municipality has a Local Bridge Program project. The auditor can then identify and separate out all expenditures directly related to specific bridge projects, in supplementary schedules with program/grant information such as the bridge number and location, account numbers, ConnDOT project number (if any), project phase (design, construction, etc.), and expenditures broken down by phase. A sample supplemental schedule will be attached to the Project Agreement. The sum of project expenditures should agree, in total, to the program/grant expenditures as shown in the annual audit report. Any costs which are not supported by the audit report and supplemental schedules will not be eligible for reimbursement.

The municipality must retain all records for at least seven years after issuance of the project's certification of acceptance, or three years after receipt of the final payment, whichever is later, provided there is no pending litigation. These records include the contract, contractor's monthly and final estimates and invoices, construction orders, correspondence, field books, computations, contractor's payrolls, EEO/AA records/reports, and any other project related records. The audited Municipality must obtain written approval from the Connecticut Department of Transportation prior to destruction of any records and/or documents pertinent to the project.

Upon review by the Department's audit staff, the municipality will be notified by letter of its eligibility for additional grant and/or loan funds, or that reimbursement is due the State. The Department will also take actions necessary to close out the Tax-Exempt Proceeds Fund account established for the project.

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GUIDELINES FOR OBTAINING FUNDS UNDER THE LOCAL BRIDGE PROGRAM

The following guidelines outline, in typical order, those steps that municipalities must follow to obtain funding under the Local Bridge Program. These guidelines are general, and are intended only to give an overview of the process. Additional guidance will be given to the municipality by ConnDOT as the project progresses. Please see Section 18 for additional procedures which must be followed when a bridge is owned or maintained currently by more than one municipality.

ALL APPLYING MUNICIPALITIES SHOULD REVIEW THESE PROCEDURES WITH THEIR MUNICIPAL ATTORNEYS AND BOND COUNSEL, WHEN APPROPRIATE, IN ORDER TO PLAN FOR THEIR LOCAL BRIDGE PROJECTS. NOTE THAT A PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITY MUST APPROPRIATE MONIES FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF LOCAL BRIDGE PROJECT. WHEN A LOCAL BRIDGE PROJECT IS TO BE FINANCED BY BORROWING, THE MUNICIPALITY MUST AUTHORIZE BONDS FOR EITHER OR BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING AS APPLICABLE: (i) THE PORTION OF TOTAL PROJECT COSTS TO BE FINANCED BY A LOAN UNDER THE LOCAL BRIDGE PROGRAM; (ii) MUNICIPALITY'S SHARE OF THE TOTAL COSTS.

PROCEDURES FOR STATE FUNDED PROJECTS

1. Municipality submits a Preliminary Application (see Appendix 5) to the State by the deadline. The deadline for State Fiscal Year 2003 is May 17, 2002.

2. ConnDOT reviews the Preliminary Application. If accepted, the State issues a Commitment to Fund to the municipality on or about July 1 of the same year that the application is filed. If rejected, the municipality may reapply in any future fiscal year.

3. Municipal official signs and returns the Commitment to Fund letter to the State. Once the Commitment to Fund has been issued, the project may proceed with construction as soon as it is ready.

4. Municipal legislative body sets date for public hearing on bridge project. Municipality publishes a legal notice NOT LESS THAN 5 DAYS in advance of the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation. Legislative body holds public hearing.

5. Municipality submits Supplemental Application (a Supplemental Application form will be included with the Commitment to Fund letter, and is also available on ConnDOT’s Web Site) within 270 days of the Commitment to Fund letter, along with the following:

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(a) Final plans (2 copies) and specifications certified by a Connecticut Professional Engineer, including any design exceptions, and a copy of any hydraulic studies or scour analysis done for the project;

(b) Final estimates;

(c) Proposed project schedule;

(d) Municipal certifications as to: (i) Completion of property acquisition; (ii) Ownership of or responsibility for bridge; (iii) Coordination for relocation of public utilities;

(e) Appraiser's certificate as to property acquired, if applicable;

(f) Amount of grant and/or loan requested;

6. ConnDOT reviews supplemental application package. If complete, ConnDOT prepares and delivers two copies of a Project Agreement to the municipality.

7. Municipal legislative body votes to approve Local Bridge Project and to authorize the financing in accordance with statutory and charter requirements for issuance of its indebtedness as follows:

(a) Authorizes municipal official to execute project agreement; (b) Appropriates funds to meet total estimated cost of bridge project; (c) Authorizes bonds, including project loan general obligation promissory note, if

necessary.

8. Authorized Municipal official executes (signs and seals) and returns two copies of the Project Agreement (with attachments) together with the following to the State:

(a) Newspaper affidavit of publication of notice of public hearing;

(b) Certified minutes of public hearing;

(c) Certified copies of authorizing proceedings.

9. ConnDOT reviews agreement package and authorizing proceedings. State then executes and returns one copy of Project Loan and/or Grant Agreement. State's obligation to make loan and/or grant terminates 180 days from the date of the Project Agreement if the loan or grant is not funded by that date, unless otherwise extended by the Commissioner.

10. Upon receipt of all bids, the Municipality must submit the following to the State:

(a) Certified copies of all contractor's bids, including written justification for awarding the construction contract to any bidder other than the lowest bidder;

(b) Evidence that the Municipality and the contractor have entered into a legally binding construction contract.

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(c) Evidence that the Municipality has funds available to pay its share of the total project costs;

(d) An inquiry as to whether or not the State has funds available to finance, in part, any increase in cost should the total project cost exceed the total project cost stated in the Supplemental Application.

11. Once all the above requirements have been met, ConnDOT notifies the municipality that the file is ready for closing, and instructs the municipality to have their legal counsel complete and return the closing documents.

12. Counsel to the municipality prepares the following according to forms provided as exhibits to Project Loan and Grant Agreement or Project Grant Agreement, as of the closing date, and returns them to the Local Bridge Program Administrator:

(a) For loan and grant (to be prepared by bond counsel): (i) Opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel; (ii) General Obligation Promissory Note; (iii) Signature and no litigation certificate and incumbency certificate with

bank's certification; (iv) Receipt for proceeds;

(b) For grant only: (i) Opinion of municipal attorney; (ii) Signature and no litigation certificate and incumbency certificate;

13. Upon satisfaction of above items, the Assistant Attorney General closes the loan and/or grant. Upon completion of the closing, the funds are released to municipality. If construction is not complete, the funds will be transferred into the TEPF account established for the project, the municipality may write checks against this account. If construction work is complete, the municipality may request that a check for the full amount due be sent directly to it.

14. At the close of every fiscal year during which expenditures were made on the project, the municipality forwards a copy of its annual single audit, along with supplemental schedules, to ConnDOT.

15. Within 90 days of the completion of construction, the municipality certifies to ConnDOT that the project has been completed. As soon as it is available, the municipality forwards an audit of the project to ConnDOT to adjust the grant and/or loan amounts.

16. As soon as possible after construction is complete, the municipality (or its Engineer) submits as-built plans to the Local Bridge Program Administrator.

17. ConnDOT reviews the project audit, and notifies the municipality of the findings. If the project costs exceed those in the original agreement, the municipality may request a supplemental grant and/or loan. If the project costs are less than those in the original agreement, the Department will invoice the municipality for the balance due.

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18. For any bridge owned or maintained by more than one municipality, the following additional procedures govern funding under the Local Bridge Program:

(a) One municipality (the "lead" or “managing” municipality) may assume responsibility under the Local Bridge Program for maintenance of the entire bridge under an interlocal agreement approved by its legislative body entered into with another municipality whose legislative body must also approve such agreement. Upon entering into such interlocal agreement, the lead municipality may file a preliminary application for the total project costs, may borrow up to 50% of the total project costs, and may be awarded a grant based upon its grant percentage as applied to such total project costs;

(b) In the absence of an interlocal agreement allocating responsibility for maintenance, each municipality may apply for a loan for 25% (50% of 50%) of the total project costs and for a grant based upon its grant percentage applied to 50% of the total project costs;

(c) Under either of the above scenarios, evidence that each municipality is legally bound to complete its respective portion of the project must be delivered to the State before funds may be disbursed.

PROCEDURES FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS

1. Municipality submits a Preliminary Application (see Appendix 5) to the State by the deadline. The deadline for State Fiscal Year 2003 is May 17, 2002.

2. ConnDOT reviews the Preliminary Application. If accepted, the State issues a Commitment to Fund to the municipality on or about July 1 of the same year that the application is filed. If rejected, the municipality may reapply in any future fiscal year.

3. Municipal official signs and returns the Commitment to Fund letter to the State.

4. Following acceptance of a project, a concept meeting is scheduled by ConnDOT, between representatives of ConnDOT and the municipality, to review the program requirements and to discuss the steps required to move forward with the project following Federal and State guidelines. At this point, the municipality should begin to inform the public of the project by publishing a press release, and by sending notification letters to abutting property owners and other interested parties.

5. An agreement between ConnDOT and the municipality for the design phase of the project is prepared and forwarded to the municipality for signature.

6. Municipal legislative body votes to approve Local Bridge Project and to authorize the financing in accordance with statutory and charter requirements for issuance of its indebtedness as follows:

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(a) Authorizes municipal official to execute project agreement; (b) Appropriates funds to meet total estimated cost of bridge project;

7. Authorized Municipal official executes (signs and seals) and returns two copies of the Project Agreement (with attachments) together with the resolution authorizing the appropriate municipal official to execute the agreement, and certified copies of authorizing proceedings to the State.

8. The following pre-design activities are initiated by ConnDOT:

a. Environmental Review b. State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Review c. Natural Resources Review d. Preliminary Fisheries Review and coordination e. Hazardous/Contaminated Materials Screening

Consultant Selection

1. After the concept meeting, the municipality initiates the selection of a designer. Municipalities may undertake the design phase themselves if they have appropriate staff, or may hire a consulting engineer. If a consultant is to be engaged, the selection process is started by publishing a legal advertisement to solicit letters of interest (“RFQ”) to perform the design work from engineering firms. The RFQ must be published in at least one (1) newspaper having substantial circulation within Connecticut, and 1 professional trade journal. The deadline for submitting RFQs must be at least 1 month after the date of publication.

2. The municipality must establish a Consultant Selection Committee (Committee) consisting of at least three (3) municipal officials. One (1) member of the Committee shall be the Town Engineer, Director of Public Works or a municipal official with considerable engineering experience possessing substantial knowledge about the project. The Chairman of the Committee shall be the individual who would sign the municipal/State and municipal/consultant agreements on behalf of the municipality (normally the chief official).

3. The Committee shall give fair and impartial consideration to all responses received within the stipulated time period from prospective consultants. Firms that did not make a submission in accordance with the legal notice may be disqualified, and consultants must be registered with the Secretary of State and the State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Each member shall independently rate, using the consultant selection rating form, all firms that the Committee has determined to merit further consideration. The total score of each Committee member from the consultant selection rating form should be totaled for each firm under consideration.

4. The top five firms (the “short list”) as determined by the Committee shall be requested to attend a personal interview with the Committee. The Committee shall interview and rate the five (5) firms utilizing the attached Consultant Rating Form. If five (5) or less firms respond, all of the firms shall be interviewed. Each Committee member shall independently evaluate

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and rate each consulting firm during or immediately following the interview. Following the completion of the interviews, the Committee may discuss their conclusions and adjustments may be made by any member based on these discussions. The Committee may also agree to secure additional information, based on comments from the interview, prior to finalizing their ratings of the most qualified firms.

5. Following the completion of the interviews, the Committee shall proceed to furnish a list of the most qualified consultant firms to the Chairman. The Chairman shall make the final selection from the list of most qualified firms submitted by the Committee. In the process of making the final selection of the most qualified consultant for a specific assignment, the Chairman shall be guided by the evaluation criteria set forth in the rating form. The Chairman may request additional information from other sources or individuals that he may deem appropriate to assist him in the final selection process.

6. Once the municipality has made its recommendation, the municipality submits copies of all the rating sheets, including the summary, all of the information reviewed by the municipality for the selected firm, along with a recommendation for the consultant chosen to ConnDOT for review and approval. If a municipality selects a consultant other than the top-ranked one, a written explanation will be required. The municipality must receive written approval of its selection from the Department prior to notifying any consultant of the selection.

7. After ConnDOT approves the selection of the consultant, the municipality shall prepare a written notification to the Consultant advising that the firm has been selected.

8. After notification of the consultant, an assignment meeting between representatives of the municipality, the selected consultant, and ConnDOT is scheduled by ConnDOT. The purpose of the assignment meeting is to discuss the project issues and to establish the required scope of services to be provided by the consultant. The consultant is notified to submit information to ConnDOT to review and establish a current audited BF&O rate.

Negotiations

1. Following the assignment meeting, the consultant prepares a detailed narrative work scope. Once the work scope is agreed to by the Municipality, the consultant, and ConnDOT, the consultant prepares a fee proposal for submission to the municipality. A certified payroll list is submitted to the municipality and ConnDOT for use in calculating the lump sum fee. At the municipality's request, ConnDOT will prepare an independent man-hour counterproposal estimate for use by the municipality as a guide during negotiations. The CLE is not a party to the negotiations. It is imperative that negotiations be a fair and open process. This means that if the Negotiations Committee is unable to negotiate a contract with the firm selected, at a fee that the Committee determines to be fair and reasonable, negotiations with that firm shall, with prior Department approval, be formally terminated. The municipality should then select the next lower ranked firm, and submit all of the firm’s information to the Department for review and approval. The Negotiations Committee must comply with the requirements of Agreement Bulletin 91-3, Pre-Award Auditing of Consultants.

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2. Upon completion of negotiations, the municipality forwards a request for approval of the negotiated lump sum fee to ConnDOT along with the following:

1. Consultant’s fee proposal 2. Town’s fee proposal 3. Negotiated fee

3. ConnDOT reviews the fee, and if acceptable, prepares an approval letter. Upon receipt of the Department’s written approval of the negotiated fee, the municipality shall prepare a written notification to those Consultants that were not selected.

4. A draft agreement between the municipality and the consultant is prepared by ConnDOT and is forwarded to the parties for signature. Four (4) copies of the fully executed agreement are forwarded to ConnDOT for distribution, along with a copy of the Notice to Proceed issued by the municipality to the consultant.

Design Tasks

Following is a partial list of references which may be used during the design phase:

(1) Consulting Engineer’s Manual

(2) Standard Specifications for Roads, Bridges, and Incidental Construction - Form 814A & Supplemental Specifications

(3) Guidelines for Highway Design

(4) Location Survey Manual

(5) Specifications for Checking Photogrammetric Mapping

(6) Specifications for Aerial Photography & Photogrammetric Mapping

(7) Policies and Procedures for Property Maps

(8) Guide for Preparation for 13a-57 Plans

(9) Bridge Design Manual

(10) Bridge Design Standard Practices

(11) Drainage Manual

(12) Bridge Scour Analysis - Technical Approach

(13) Water Resources Coordination and Permit Processing Manual

(14) On-Site Mitigation for Construction Activities

(15a) Soils & Foundations Guide for Design for Consultant

(15b) Sample Contract Guide for Soil Borings

(16a) Manual of Traffic Control Signal Design

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(16b) Catalogue of Signs

(16c) Guide MP&T Special Provision and Traffic Control Plans

(17) Utility Mailing List

(18) A Policy on the Accommodation of Utilities on Highway Rights of Way

(19) Quality Control Checklist

(20a) Standard Roadway Drawings & List of Road Standards

(20b) Standard Traffic Drawings

(21) Design Aids (Factors for Estimating Quantities)

(22) Bid Description Master File

(23) Weighted Unit Prices

(24) Product Use Status Lists

(25a) Index of Recurring Special Provisions and Index of Guide Special Provisions

(25b) Index of “Non Structural” Design Directives and Recurring Special Provisions

(26) CADD Manual

(27) Microstation file package for ConnDOT projects

(28) Design/Constructability Review Guidelines

Following is an outline of design stage activities on a typical Federal Local Bridge Program project:

Survey

1. The consultant performs the topographic field survey and delineation of wetland boundaries (state and federal).

2. A title plan mylar is prepared by the consultant from the topographic field survey. In addition, property lines, street lines, and property owner names and addresses are shown. A survey or construction base line should also be shown for reference.

3. A Schedule of Property Owners is prepared by the consultant to indicate the probable properties that are anticipated to be directly impacted by the project.

4. The ConnDOT Office of Rights-of-Way, if so requested by the municipality, undertakes the title search based upon the information contained on the title plan mylar and the Schedule of Property Owners.

5. Following acceptance of the preliminary design, if rights-of-way are required, the consultant prepares individual property taking maps. (See Item #1 under Final Design.) For further information, refer to the manual entitled, "Rights-of-Way Acquisitions, A Procedure Guide for Design/Rights-of-Way Coordination for the Federal Local Bridge Program".

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Preliminary Engineering

1. Hydrology is developed by the consultant for use in the hydraulics analyses. The calculated flows are compared to previously published data (e.g., FEMA and S.C.E.L. studies).

2. Hydraulics are analyzed for the project by the consultant for the 2 -year, 10 year, 50 year, 100 year and 500 year storms. On designs which convey watercourses greater than 1 square mile, the engineer performing the analysis must be approved by ConnDOT on a project by project basis. The procedure for Department approval is outlined in the CE Manual. Approval requests for previously qualified engineers to work on other State projects will not require the resubmission of a resume. However, an approval request for the current project together with a copy of the Department’s prior approval letter and an updated list of hydraulic designs performed by the candidate is required.

3. A scour analysis is performed by the consultant to determine the contraction and local scour depths, and to recommend scour countermeasures.

The following narrative will set forth a policy concerning the need and nature of bridge scour evaluations for new and rehabilitated bridges.

Scour Evaluation Studies

Department of Transportation design practice states that substructures for bridges over waterways shall be designed to safely support the structure subjected to the design scour. All bridge scour evaluations shall be conducted in conformance with the procedures contained within the FHWA document entitled “Scour at Bridges” (HEC-18) and the Department’s Drainage Manual.

Bridges over water must be classified into one of three general categories: Low Risk (NBIS Item 113 Rating of 8 or 9), Scour Susceptible (NBIS Item 113 Rating of 4, 5 or 7*) or Scour Critical (NBIS Item 113 Rating of 3 or below). Following is an explanation of the categories of scour reports:

�� Detailed (Level II) Bridge Scour Evaluations and Re-evaluation Reports – These are comprehensive studies accomplished in conformance with the requirements of HEC-18 and the Department’s Drainage Manual.

�� Comparative Scour Evaluations – These studies are developed using the data obtained from Level II evaluations as a basis for determining the scour vulnerability of bridges having similar characteristics. Comparative evaluations are not as detailed as Level II reports, however they do provide NBIS ratings and the associated general scour classification.

�� USGS Screening Reports – These studies, conducted by the United States Geological Survey, were undertaken to identify low risk bridges and to prioritize the remaining structures for further study. They are less detailed than either Level II Reports or Comparative Evaluations.

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* The NBIS Item 113 rating of 7 is reserved for bridge locations at which countermeasures have been installed to mitigate a previous scour problem. If the structure is a clear span bridge (no piers) and if the countermeasures have been designed in accordance with the procedures contained within HEC-23, the bridge may be considered "low risk." When countermeasures are placed adjacent to piers to correct a previous scour condition, the bridge is classified as "scour susceptible."

New Bridges over Waterways

Level II Scour Evaluations shall be performed for all new bridges over waterways unless one or more of the following conditions apply:

�� The bridge has been designed to span the entire floodplain for the superflood (500-year recurrence interval) or the critical design event if less than the 500 year flood.

�� The structure foundations will be set directly on sound bedrock.

�� The abutment footings will be protected with riprap designed in accordance with the methods outlined in the latest version of “Bridge Scour and Stream Instability Countermeasures” (HEC-23) or successor documents. It should be noted that the use of riprap as the sole means of providing scour protection for new bridges is discouraged and should be used only where it has been demonstrated that alternate, preferred means of designing bridges to be safe from scour-related failure are not feasible. (Refer to the ConnDOT Bridge Design Manual for preferred foundation types).

Reconstructed or Rehabilitated Bridges

Generally, scour evaluations shall be performed for all bridges, which are to be reconstructed or rehabilitated where significant capital investment is involved and where the bridge has been classified as scour susceptible or scour critical. A significant capital investment correlates to the following improvement categories:

�� Deck Replacement �� Superstructure Replacement or Widening �� Modification or Major Repairs to Substructure Units

Scour evaluations will not be required where structures to be reconstructed or rehabilitated have previously been classified as low risk under the Department’s Bridge Scour Evaluation Program or for scour susceptible bridges which are not undergoing substructure modification and have had countermeasures installed following a Level II study.

Bridges which have been classified as scour susceptible or scour critical shall have hydrologic, hydraulic and scour evaluations performed which are sufficiently detailed to satisfy all applicable design and permitting requirements. If a detailed (Level II) scour evaluation has already been performed, the designer shall modify the results of this document as necessary to incorporate the “Modified Abutment Equations” contained within the

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Department’s Drainage Manual. All necessary scour countermeasures for scour susceptible or scour critical bridges shall be incorporated into the overall project plans, as appropriate.

Scour Report Format

All scour evaluation reports must include the following items:

A. Executive Summary – A brief narrative summary is required in order to outline relevant design features and determinations regarding scour in a condensed format. At a minimum, the following elements should be included:

1) Scour Risk Designation – The general scour risk classification (low risk or scour susceptible) should be indicated and the maximum scour producing flood event should be specified.

2) Predicted scour depths for the various events analyzed, to include general (where indicated), contraction and local scour depth values.

3) Summary Table – An Executive Summary Table must be included. At a minimum, the following items are to be presented in this tabular format: a) Recommend NBIS Item 113 Rating – Provide a footnote where

appropriate to refer the reader to a separate sheet on which the Consultant Liaison Engineer's notes are provided to explain or document this recommendation.

b) Recommend NBIS Item 71 Rating c) Recommend NBIS Item 61 Rating d) Scour Risk Designation (Low Risk or Scour Susceptible) e) Maximum potential scour depths at each substructure unit f) Foundation type and depth (i.e. friction piles, 60 feet long or spread

footing with bottom at 127.0 NGVD)

4) Other Relevant Data – Any additional information which, in the consultant's judgement, is valuable as a quick reference within this capsule summary should be included in the narrative.

B. Hydrologic/Hydraulic/Scour Computations – Supporting computations for these three general categories should be appended to the reports where available.

C. Pile Stability Analysis – Where available, this information should also be appended to the report.

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4. A geotechnical evaluation, including soil borings, is conducted by the consultant to determine the requirements for the bridge foundation design, and to determine the location and depths of existing footings for abutments to be left in place.

5. A preliminary engineering report is prepared by the consultant to summarize the results of the above preliminary engineering studies, and in certain instances, to recommend a scope of work for either replacing or rehabilitating the structure. Included in the report should be a summary of the appropriate Connecticut Geometric Highway Design guideline parameters (required, existing and proposed) and justification for any items that require a design exception.

6. A structure type study is prepared by the consultant, subsequent to the determination and approval of the scope of work, to evaluate a minimum of three alternate designs for replacing or rehabilitating the bridge structure.

Preliminary Design

1. A design/rights-of-way meeting is conducted between the municipality, the consultant and ConnDOT to discuss the probable rights-of-way requirements for the project.

2. ConnDOT prepares a rights-of-way agreement between ConnDOT and the municipality if the municipality requests that ConnDOT acquire any necessary rights-of-way for the project. The municipality may acquire rights-of-way on their own provided the acquisitions are made in accordance with the federal "Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970". For those municipalities which choose to handle rights-of-way work themselves, a manual is available entitled "Rights-of-Way Acquisitions Manual, An Information Guide to ConnDOT Procedures”.

3. Section 106 historic documentation, if required, is prepared by the consultant and sent to obtain approval by ConnDOT, the State Historic Preservation Office, FHWA and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

4. Archaeological resources investigations are conducted by a specialist contracted by ConnDOT.

5. A programmatic Section 4(f) evaluation (if required) is prepared by the consultant and forwarded to ConnDOT for further processing.

6. A Section 6(f) evaluation (if required) is coordinated by ConnDOT.

7. The consultant submits a 30% complete design plan package to ConnDOT for review and approval prior to the scheduling of a public information meeting.

8. Upon approval by ConnDOT of the 30% design plans, the municipality schedules a public information meeting to be conducted by the consultant and the municipality.

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9. Following the public information meeting, the ConnDOT prepares the necessary request for a waiver of the design public hearing requirement.

10. A categorical exclusion request memorandum is prepared by ConnDOT and forwarded to FHWA for approval.

11. If any of the appropriate Connecticut Geometric Highway Design and/or AASHTO design guidelines (as applicable) cannot be achieved with the proposed design, a request for a design exception is prepared by the consultant with assistance provided by ConnDOT. The design exception request must be signed by the appropriate municipal official.

12. A request for design approval is prepared by the ConnDOT using information supplied by the consultant, and the municipality requests permission from ConnDOT to proceed to final design.

Regulatory Approvals

The following documents, as appropriate, are prepared by the consultant to obtain the required regulatory approvals for the project:

1. DEP Flood Management Certification.

2. Municipal Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency Permit Application.

3. DEP Tidal Wetlands and/or Structures and Dredging Permit Application.

4. DEP Certificate of Permission Application.

5. DEP Stream Channel Encroachment Line Permit Application.

6. Corps of Engineers Permit Application (typically a Programmatic General Permit concurrence).

7. U.S. Coast Guard Bridge Permit Application and/or navigation lighting approval or waiver.

8. Department of Health Services Change in Land Use Permit Application.

9. DEP Section 401 Water Quality Certificate Application (if required).

ConnDOT reviews all of the above, prior to their submission to the appropriate government agency, with the exception of Item #2.

Final Design

1. As soon as possible after design approval has been received (see Item #12 under Preliminary Design), property taking maps (if required) are prepared by the consultant and reviewed by

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ConnDOT. When approved, an unsigned vellum of each map is sent to the ConnDOT Office of Rights-of-Way to continue with the rights-of-way acquisition process.

2. Rights-of-Entry, if required, are obtained by the consultant or the municipality.

3. Utility coordination is handled by the consultant.

4. The agreement between ConnDOT and the municipality for construction, inspection and maintenance is prepared by ConnDOT and forwarded to the municipality for signature. Processing of the agreement is handled in the same fashion as for the design agreement.

5. The consultant submits four (4) copies each of the contract plans, specifications and cost estimates (PS&E) at the 70% and 90% complete stages of final design, and two (2) copies of the PS&E package at the 100% complete stage, for review by ConnDOT. The cost estimates must separate federal and state participating contract pay items from the non-participating contract pay items.

6. The CLE compiles the final contract document package and prepares the Detailed Estimate Sheet and the final Proposal Estimate sheets.

7. ConnDOT reviews the above submittals, and if acceptable, authorizes the construction phase based on availability of funds. The following prerequisites must be completed before construction funds are committed:

a. ConnDOT Office of Rights-of-Way issues a Rights-of-Way Certificate when required. A Rights-of-Way certificate is issued by the ConnDOT Office of Rights-of-Way when all of the required acquisitions are completed (maps filed and instruments recorded in the municipality's land records).

b. ConnDOT certifies that all Federal, State, and Local Permits have been acquired.

c. ConnDOT prepares PS & E Approval memorandum which initiates the requests for FHWA authorization to advertise.

d. ConnDOT requests FHWA authorization to advertise.

e. FHWA authorizes advertising of project.

8. At this stage, the design and rights-of-way phases of the project are complete and the municipality prepares to advertise the project for construction bids. (See manual entitled, “Guidelines for Municipalities, Advertising, Bidding and Award of Contracts for the Federal Local Bridge Program”).

9. ConnDOT issues the authorization to advertise letter to the municipality.

Construction Advertising

1. Final Preparation for Advertising:

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a. ConnDOT meets with the Municipality and/or its Consultant Engineer to forward the following documents and to discuss the requirements for advertising, bidding and award of the project:

1. Complete contract special provisions (originals). 2. Original Mylar construction plans. 3. Reduced scale prints of any standard drawings referenced on the plans. 4. Complete schedule of Prices for inclusion with Bid Proposal Documents

and reduced versions for inclusions with Notice to Contractors. 5. Design Report 6. Engineer’s Final Estimate (CONFIDENTIAL) 7. Calendar Days Chart

b. Municipality (or its Consultant Engineer) requests State Wage Schedules from State Labor department. Request must be made no sooner than 20 days nor later than 10 days prior to the advertising date. State Wage Schedules are included at the back of the contract special provisions. Note: Federal Wage Schedules are amended frequently and federal regulations require that the latest version be used.

c. Municipality (or its Consultant Engineer) prepares the following:

1. Legal Notice. 2. Notice to Contractors. 3. Bid Proposal Documents.

2. Municipality forwards to the ConnDOT copies of the resumes of (a) the municipal personnel administrating the construction contracts, and (b) the consultant inspection personnel for approval by the ConnDOT Office of Construction.

3. Municipality publishes legal notices advertising the project in at least two newspapers having a substantial circulation in the project area, and notifies ConnDOT of scheduled bid opening (date, time and place). A 28-day advertising period is recommended (a minimum of at least 21 days is required). The Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) set-aside percentage shall be included in the legal notices.

4. Municipality issues Bid Proposal documents to any prospective bidder who submits a written request. Municipality maintains a log of all contractors who have been issued Bid Proposal documents and/or plans and specifications.

5. Any addenda to the project must be submitted to ConnDOT for approval prior to being issued. Municipality issues any addenda to the project no later than ten (10) calendar days preceding the scheduled bid opening date to all prospective bidders who have Bid Proposal documents. Addenda must be sent via Certified Mail or by FAX with an acknowledgement of receipt. Note: Addenda must be issued to incorporate amendments to the Federal Wage Schedules which are published in the Federal Register 10 days prior to the opening of bids.

6. Municipality publicly opens and announces bids.

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7. Municipality forwards pre-Award documents to the apparent low bidder. Copies of the completed pre-Award documents shall be sent by the Municipality to ConnDOT.

8. Municipality audits all bids computations and forwards the following to ConnDOT:

a. Certified copies of all bids received and a Statement of correctness of bids. b. Detailed bid breakdown by items of the lowest three bids with the names of the

bidders. c. List of all bidders with the names of bidders and total bid amounts. d. A bid analysis and a justification for accepting (or rejecting) the low bid if the

lowest responsible bid is less than 20 percent under or more that 10 percent over the Engineer’s Construction Estimate.

e. Statement of low Bidder’s Qualifications. f. Statement that the affirmative action and disadvantaged business enterprise

aspects of the contract have been complied with. g. Statement that the low bidder is a firm registered with the Secretary of State. h. Recommendation to accept (or reject) the low bid. i. Copies of the transmittal letters for all of the above documents shall be sent to

ConnDOT.

9. ConnDOT reviews documents submitted per above items. ConnDOT also obtains final funding approval.

10. Municipality authorized to award Contract per letter from ConnDOT.

11. Municipality prepares Contract documents, awards and executes contract, and arranges with ConnDOT for the time, place, and date of the pre-construction meeting. Municipality notifies contractor to provide copy of Builder’s Risk Insurance certificate at the pre-construction meeting.

Representatives of the following parties are notified to attend the pre-construction meeting:

The municipality, including a traffic official; Consultant designer; Consultant inspector; Local Bridge Program (Tel. 860-594-3389); ConnDOT District Construction office; All affected utility companies; Any affected railroads; ConnDOT Laboratory (Tel. 860-258-0321); State Labor Department (Tel. 860-240-4288).

12. Municipality submits to ConnDOT:

�� Two copies of the letter awarding the Contract.

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�� Five conformed copies of Contract. �� Notice of pre-constructing meeting.

13. Pre-Construction meeting is held, and contractor is ordered to proceed by the municipality.

14. Construction begins. Municipality pays contractor’s invoices and requests reimbursement from ConnDOT’s Office of Construction District office.

Note: Field changes, contract time extensions, change in liquidated damages or other actions which will change the project cost or duration must receive advance approval in writing from the ConnDOT District Construction Office. Significant changes in the project will require a supplemental agreement.

15. Periodically throughout the project, ConnDOT personnel will visit the project to review the project’s progress, and monitor compliance with record-keeping procedures.

16. When it appears that the construction work is substantially complete, the municipality or its consultant must arrange a semi-final inspection to determine if any additional work is needed to satisfactorily complete the project. ConnDOT representatives must be invited to participate in the semi-final inspection.

17. Upon completion of the work identified in the semi-final inspection, the municipality schedules a final inspection. ConnDOT representatives must be invited to participate in the final inspection. As-built drawings should be completed, or nearly so, by the time of the final inspection.

18. ConnDOT audits the project, adjusts accounts, and notifies the municipality of the findings.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE PRELIMINARY APPLICATION

Completing the Preliminary Application (see attachment) is the first step in the application process. Because there are specific legal requirements that must be met, application must be made using the attached form, or a photocopy of the form. Other forms are not acceptable, and may delay processing of the application. It must contain the following information:

Town/City/Borough of: Name of the municipality responsible for the bridge project.

Bridge Location: The name of the road that the structure carries and the feature (road, river, etc.) that the bridge crosses.

Bridge Number: The 5 or 6 digit number assigned to the structure by ConnDOT’s Bridge Safety & Evaluation Section.

Length of Span: The clear span between abutment faces or culvert sides, measured along the centerline of the road that the bridge carries.

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Sufficiency Rating: The sufficiency rating calculated from the most recent bridge inspection report.

Priority Rating: The priority rating can be found on the list of eligible bridges in the appendices. If there is no priority rating shown in the list of eligible bridges, it can be computed from the inspection report using the formula found in Section 2 of the Program Regulations, or it can be left blank, and the Department will compute it.

Evaluation & Rating Data Accomplished by State Forces: Check Yes if the rating data shown and the description of existing conditions given was performed by ConnDOT.

Evaluation & Rating Data Accomplished by Others: Check Yes if the rating data shown and the description of existing conditions given was performed by someone other than ConnDOT, such as the Town Engineer or a consulting engineer. If the rating is based on an inspection by someone other than ConnDOT, a copy of the inspection report must be included.

If Others, Name of Professional Engineer: The name of the Connecticut-Licensed Professional Engineer who actually evaluated the bridge, if the evaluation was not done by ConnDOT.

Connecticut Professional Engineers License Number: The license number of the Professional Engineer who actually evaluated the bridge, if the evaluation was not done by ConnDOT.

Engineer’s Address: The address of the Connecticut-Licensed Professional Engineer who actually evaluated the bridge, if the evaluation was not done by ConnDOT.

Description of Existing Condition of Structure: Attach a description of the current condition of the bridge. This should generally include the latest inspection report.

Description of Scope of Project: Attach a description of the proposed work to be done. At this point in the project, which may be before detailed engineering is performed, only rough estimates may be available. If available, preliminary plans (2 copies), specifications, quantity estimates and hydraulic data should be included.

Name of Municipal Official to Contact: The name of the municipal official who will be responsible for administering the project, and who can be contacted if any questions arise. Copies of all correspondence will be sent to this person.

Mailing Address: The mailing address for the municipal official who will be the official contact. This will be the address where all agreements and legal notices are sent.

Telephone Number: The telephone number with area code, for the listed municipal official.

FAX Number: The facsimile telephone number with area code, for the listed municipal official.

E-mail: The e-mail address for the municipal official who will be handling administration of the project. E-mail will only be used for informal, “unofficial” contacts. All formal notices will be sent by U.S. mail.

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Preliminary Cost Figures:

Preliminary Engineering Fees: The estimated cost of designing the project; include a breakdown of fees. This cost cannot exceed an amount equal to 15% of the Estimated Construction Costs.

Rights-of-Way Cost: The estimated cost of acquiring any property, easements, rights, etc. needed to construct the project.

Municipally-Owned Utility Relocation: The cost of relocating any utilities owned by a municipality. Costs are eligible for reimbursement if the utilities are owned by any municipality in the State, including regional authorities. Privately owned utilities (such as CL&P, SNET, Yankee Gas, etc.) are not eligible.

Estimated Construction Costs: The engineer’s estimate of construction costs, based upon the preliminary plans and specifications. A detailed estimate with estimated quantities and unit prices should be attached, if available.

Construction Engineering: The estimated cost of engineering and related services needed during construction, such as construction inspection, materials testing, review of shop drawings, etc. This amount may not exceed an amount equal to 15% of the Estimated Construction Costs.

Contingencies: The amount to be set aside for unforeseen problems and extra work This amount cannot exceed an amount equal to 10% of the Estimated Construction Costs.

Total Estimated Project Cost: The grand total of all above eligible costs.

Financial Aid Data:

Project Reimbursement Request: This is the Total Estimated Project Cost, from the bottom of page #1 of the Preliminary Application, multiplied by 0.8 (80%). Please note that only a limited number of bridges will qualify for Federal funding; qualifying bridges will have a “Y” in the “Federal Eligible” column of Appendix 1. This should remain blank if a State grant is being requested.

Allowable Grant Percentage: The grant percentage that the municipality is eligible for. This percentage can be found in Appendix 2. This grant percentage will remain fixed for the life of the project, regardless of changes in future fiscal years. This should remain blank if Federal Reimbursement is being requested.

Project Grant Request: The dollar amount of the grant request. This amount is the Total Project Cost multiplied by the Grant Percentage.

Project Loan Request: The amount of the loan that is being requested, if any. The maximum amount that may be requested is an amount equal to 50% of total project costs, (6% interest, 10-year life, payable quarterly).

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Schedule:

Public Hearing Held: The date that a public meeting is planned to inform the public of the project. This does not have to be a “formal” hearing, as long as the public is provided an opportunity to comment on the project.

Design Completion: The date that all final plans, specifications and estimates will be completed.

Property Acquisition Completion: The date that all Rights-of-Way activities will be completed.

Utilities Coordination Completion: The anticipated date that all arrangements with utility companies will be completed.

Advertising: The anticipated date that the invitation for construction bids will be made.

Supplemental Application Submission: The anticipated date that the supplemental application and all of its support documentation will be submitted. This date can be any time after the final design is complete. Please note that this date must be within 270 days of the Commitment to Fund date. This item does not apply to Federally-funded projects.

Start of Construction: The date that construction is anticipated to begin.

Completion of Construction: The date that construction is anticipated to completed.

Signature: The Application must be signed by the Chief Executive of the municipality, unless another municipal official has been authorized by the municipality’s legislative body. If the application is submitted by someone other than the chief executive, proof of authorization must be submitted along with the application.

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04581 Andover Times Farm Road Hop River 6 4 6 6 N 4 4 8 46.46 45.65 N Y04181 Bethel Walnut Hill Road Limekiln Brook 5 4 4 4 N 3 2 6 49.31 46.72 Y N06121 Bethlehem Nonnewaug Road East Spring Brook 7 7 7 6 N 7 3 8 77.14 76.47 N Y05956 Bethlehem Magnolia Hill Road East Spring Brook 5 5 7 6 N 5 4 7 72.94 72.20 N Y05169 Bethlehem Wood Creek Road Weekeepeemee River 6 6 5 6 N 5 4 8 69.43 69.13 N Y05170 Bethlehem Falls Road Nonnewaug Brook N N N 4 1 0 N 0 20.99 15.21 Y Y05611 Bolton Shoddy Mill Road Burnap Brook 7 7 6 6 N 6 2 8 78.21 77.47 N Y04848 Branford School Ground Road Notch Hill Brook 5 5 7 7 N 5 3 7 60.72 59.20 N Y04227 Bridgeport Island Brook Avenue Pequonnock River 4 5 6 6 N 5 4 7 82.74 81.85 Y N06128 Bridgewater Wewaka Brook Road Wewaka Brook 7 6 5 6 N 5 3 9 66.14 65.25 N Y06127 Bridgewater Hemlock Road Clapboard Oak Brook N N N 6 5 5 3 8 66.98 66.09 N Y05377 Brooklyn Fitzgerald Road Blackwell Brook 7 5 7 8 N 5 2 8 68.97 68.86 N Y05498 Canaan Dublin Road Northeast Utility Canal 6 6 6 8 N 3 7 8 32.20 27.87 N Y04600 Canterbury Woodchuck Hill Road Little River 6 6 7 7 N 6 3 6 69.45 68.19 N Y04424 Canterbury Miller-Goodwin Road Little River 7 6 7 7 N 6 4 6 65.40 63.55 N Y04599 Canterbury Gooseneck Hill Road Cory Brook 7 4 5 6 N 4 4 6 57.67 56.86 Y Y06193 Canterbury Elmdale Road Kitt Brook N N N 7 5 5 N 7 75.70 74.59 N Y04608 Chester Wig Hill Road Pattaconk Brook 7 7 4 7 N 5 3 7 60.95 59.84 Y Y04609 Clinton Pleasant Valley Road Menunketesuck River 6 6 6 6 N 6 3 7 76.97 76.08 N Y06296 Clinton Waterside Lane Hammock River 7 7 7 7 N 7 2 8 57.22 55.55 N Y05147 Colebrook Bunnel Street Loon Brook 6 7 7 7 N 6 3 7 77.13 76.39 N Y05140 Colebrook Sandy Brook Road Sandy Brook 6 6 5 7 N 6 4 5 67.04 66.52 N Y04621 Coventry Pucker Street Hop River 7 7 7 5 N 7 2 8 78.83 78.39 N Y04464 Coventry Flanders River Rd Hop River 6 6 6 5 N 3 4 8 38.83 35.05 N Y04446 Coventry Hop River Road Hop River 7 5 6 6 N 5 2 7 65.63 64.52 N Y04630 Coventry Brigham Road Willimantic River 4 7 7 6 N 7 5 8 92.99 92.88 Y N04631 Coventry Merrow Road Willimantic River 4 7 7 6 N 7 4 8 81.95 82.17 Y N04175 Danbury Rose Hill Avenue Still River 4 4 5 5 N 4 4 6 64.34 63.30 Y N05094 Danbury Kenosia Avenue Mill Plain Swamp 5 6 6 7 N 5 2 6 71.34 71.27 N Y05103 Danbury Eagle Road Still River 6 6 5 6 N 5 2 8 64.91 65.84 N Y04636 Deep River Village Street Deep River 5 5 6 6 N 5 2 7 40.16 36.90 N Y04637 Deep River Union Street Deep River 6 6 6 5 N 6 2 7 75.92 74.59 N Y04881 East Haven Maple Street Farm River 5 5 7 7 N 5 2 7 64.93 63.97 N Y05220 Easton Silver Hill Road Aspetuck River 5 5 7 6 N 5 2 9 67.66 66.47 N Y04503 Ellington Windermere Avenue Marsh Brook 2 4 3 4 N 3 2 6 63.05 64.72 Y N04504 Ellington Lower Butcher Road Hockanum River 7 3 3 6 N 3 4 7 29.69 28.10 Y N04204 Fairfield Mill Plain Road Mill River (S. Bridge) 5 4 5 5 N 4 2 6 43.99 42.03 Y N04952 Fairfield Sturges Road Mill River 3 6 7 7 N 5 4 8 73.82 72.78 Y N04956 Fairfield Valley Road Horse Tavern Brook 6 4 5 5 N 4 4 6 52.06 50.95 Y Y04957 Fairfield Merritt Street Horse Tavern Brook 7 4 5 5 N 3 6 6 40.85 37.37 Y Y04201 Fairfield Cornell Street Rooster River 4 5 5 4 N 5 4 8 66.34 65.38 Y N04196 Fairfield Congress Street #2 Mill River 6 5 4 4 N 4 3 8 51.05 51.27 Y N


APPENDIX 1 - ELIGIBLE LOCAL BRIDGES OVER 20 FEET


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03697 Fairfield Brookside Drive Mill River 8 5 5 5 N 2 4 8 40.94 37.16 Y N04953 Fairfield Duck Farm Road Mill River 5 4 5 5 N 4 5 8 53.71 51.52 Y Y04509 Glastonbury Mill Street Salmon Brook 8 7 7 7 N 5 2 6 64.64 63.49 N Y05154 Goshen East Street South Bantam River 7 6 7 6 N 6 4 3 78.89 79.15 N Y04519 Granby Wells Road East Branch Salmon

Brook 7 7 7 7 N 6 3 7 77.57 79.13 N Y

04525 Granby Simsbury Road West Branch Salmon Brook

5 7 6 6 N 5 3 8 75.23 77.34 N Y

04517 Granby Silver Street East Branch Salmon Brook

7 7 5 6 N 5 2 7 65.84 66.91 N Y

03954 Greenwich Sound Beach Avenue Cider Mill Brook 8 4 6 5 N 4 4 7 68.72 69.94 Y N05014 Greenwich Riversville Road East Branch Byram River 5 4 4 4 N 4 3 7 61.85 59.37 Y N05604 Greenwich Lake Avenue Horseneck Brook 8 6 6 7 N 6 3 7 79.49 79.86 N Y04671 Griswold Carol Road Pachaug River 5 5 5 7 N 5 3 4 63.16 62.05 N Y04861 Guilford Twin Bridge Road Iron Stream 6 6 7 6 N 6 2 7 78.88 79.40 N Y04863 Guilford Saw Mill Road West River 7 6 6 7 N 6 4 7 78.38 77.57 N Y06003 Guilford Vineyard Point Road Abandoned Trolley Line 4 4 7 N N 4 3 N 53.36 51.69 Y Y04859 Guilford Clapboard Hill Road East River 8 6 5 6 N 5 3 8 65.33 64.52 N Y04871 Guilford Meadow Hills Drive Little Meadow Brook N N N 6 4 4 N 7 85.96 84.85 Y N04872 Guilford Stoneboat Road Little Meadow Brook N N N 6 4 4 N 7 88.97 87.86 Y N04896 Hamden Willow Street Willow Brook 6 3 7 4 N 3 3 7 45.63 43.93 N Y04127 Hamden Skiff Street Mill River 6 4 6 6 N 5 5 8 41.99 40.29 Y N04895 Hamden River Road #2 Mill River 4 6 7 7 N 5 3 8 73.88 73.14 Y Y04014 Hamden Treadwell Street Private Property 4 5 7 N 5 4 73.25 72.77 Y N04453 Kent Bulls Bridge Road Housatonic River 7 6 7 7 N 6 2 9 76.80 77.28 N Y04700 Killingly Peep Toad Road Whetstone Brook 5 5 5 6 N 4 3 4 47.63 44.52 N Y04704 Killingly Attawaugan Ballouville

Road Five Mile River 6 6 6 7 N 6 2 6 76.49 75.82 N Y

04708 Killingly River Road Five Mile River 6 6 6 7 N 6 3 5 79.78 79.34 N Y04705 Killingly Ballouville Road Canal 6 6 6 6 N 6 3 6 77.42 76.98 N Y04702 Killingly North Street Five Mile River 7 7 7 7 N 7 2 7 78.16 79.49 N Y04712 Killingworth River Road Brook 4 7 7 7 N 5 4 7 78.88 78.21 Y Y04716 Killingworth Reservoir Road Menunketesuck River N N N 6 3 3 N 7 43.37 42.04 Y Y05341 Lebanon McGrath Lane #2 Yantic River 5 3 5 7 N 3 3 7 36.71 35.45 Y Y04719 Lebanon Waterman Road Pease Brook N N N 6 4 4 N 7 70.36 69.25 Y Y06071 Lebanon Mack Road Pease Brook N N N 5 3 3 5 7 51.21 49.65 Y Y05703 Litchfield Knife Shop Road Northfield Pond Brook N N N 6 3 3 N 9 55.96 54.63 Y Y04723 Lyme Mount Archer Road Eight Mile River 7 7 7 8 N 7 4 8 75.65 74.98 N Y04726 Lyme Macintosh Road Eight Mile River 7 6 7 6 N 6 3 7 75.06 72.76 N Y05818 Lyme Day Hill Road Roaring Brook 7 6 7 6 N 6 3 7 77.98 81.91 N Y06039 Lyme Salem Road East Br Eight Mile River 8 7 7 8 N 7 3 8 77.88 78.18 N Y04149 Manchester Spring Street Birch Mountain Brook 4 4 4 7 N 4 2 7 46.67 45.56 Y N05366 Mansfield Laurel Lane Mount Hope River 6 6 6 6 N 5 2 7 52.46 49.90 N Y05035 Middlebury Long Meadow Road Long Meadow Pond 4 4 5 8 N 4 5 7 84.63 83.59 Y N05621 Middletown Wilcox Street Sumner Brook N N N 6 4 4 N 6 67.83 65.94 Y Y04942 Milford Flax Mill Lane Wepawaug River 6 6 7 5 N 6 4 3 75.89 75.41 N Y

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04741 Meeting House Lane Cove River 6 6 4 5 N 4 2 6 50.61 49.80 Y Y04214 Naugatuck Maple Street Naugatuck River 4 4 4 6 N 4 2 7 44.06 42.73 N04095 New Canaan Old Norwalk Road Five Mile River 7 4 5 6 N 4 3 9 51.98 Y N04998 New Canaan Hickock Road Silvermine River 7 7 4 5 N 4 9 70.93 70.26 Y Y05104 New Fairfield Sawmill Road #1 Ball Pond Brook 7 7 7 6 7 3 7 72.44 71.22 N Y05106 New Fairfield Musket Ridge Road Ball Pond Brook N N 5 3 3 N 5 33.38 32.05 Y Y04258 New Milford Wellsville Avenue East Aspetuck River 4 6 6 N 4 4 6 46.15 44.56 Y N05118 New Milford West Aspetuck River 7 4 4 6 N 4 6 6 60.84 59.84 Y N

New Milford Aspetuck Road West Aspetuck River 4 7 7 7 N 6 4 6 72.78 71.34 Y YNew Milford Sand Road West Aspetuck River 7 7 7 7 N 7 3 9 77.92 77.70 N

05314 New Milford Mill Street Great Brook 5 7 6 7 N 6 2 9 74.93 N Y01844 Newtown Coverbridge Road #2 Pond Brook 4 4 4 4 N 4 5 56.29 54.51 Y Y05028 Newtown Walnut Tree Hill Road Pootatuck River 5 6 6 5 N 2 8 71.30 69.89 N Y04423 Newtown Pond Brook Road Pond Brook 5 5 5 N 5 2 7 65.16 64.05 N Y04289 Newtown Currituck Road Pond Brook 4 4 7 N 4 4 5 48.51 48.81 Y N05150 Norfolk River Place 4 7 6 6 N 5 5 6 76.10 75.36 Y Y03961 Spring Road Muddy River 3 6 7 6 N 5 4 6 71.14 69.88 Y N04744

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North Haven North Stonington Boom Bridge Road Pawcatuck River 6 4 6 5 N 4 4 4 40.43 38.06 Y Y

04160 Norwalk Wall Street Norwalk River 5 5 4 7 N 4 2 9 41.47 40.51 N04440 Norwalk Westmere Avenue Farm Creek 5 5 5 6 N 5 2 8 66.50 65.72 N Y04154 Norwalk Perry Avenue Norwalk River 5 4 6 7 N 4 4 9 52.70 51.81 Y Y04989 Norwalk James Street Silvermine River 6 6 7 7 N 6 2 8 78.52 77.93 N Y04078 Norwich Wawecus Street Yantic River 4 7 7 7 N 5 2 3 72.75 73.97 Y N04745 Norwich Pleasant Street Yantic River 7 7 7 5 N 7 3 3 74.49 76.60 N Y04915 Oxford O'Neill Road Eight Mile Brook 7 7 7 7 N 7 4 7 75.92 78.03 N Y04751 Plainfield Sterling Hill Road Ekonk Brook 7 6 5 7 N 5 3 5 66.65 67.76 N Y05344 Pomfret Wolf Den Drive Mashamoquet Brook 3 5 3 5 N 3 5 8 31.96 30.22 Y Y05350 Pomfret Bosworth Road Mashamoquet Brook 6 4 5 N 4 3 6 36.22 34.33 Y Y04761 Putnam Chase Road Five Mile River 5 6 6 5 N 5 2 5 70.92 70.18 N Y01677 Redding Cross Highway Little River 8 6 6 5 N 6 2 7 77.03 76.62 N Y05322 Redding Valley Rd #2 Aspetuck River 6 6 6 8 N 6 3 9 73.88 74.55 N Y05510 Ridgefield Portland Avenue Norwalk River 6 6 4 N 5 4 7 53.56 52.86 Y Y05887 Ridgefield Mountain Road Wataba Lake 5 7 6 7 N 5 2 6 75.95 75.73 N Y05888 Ridgefield Topstone Road Norwalk River 6 5 5 5 N 5 2 6 66.33 65.29 N Y05071 Roxbury River Road Little Jacks Brook 8 6 6 6 N 6 2 9 77.77 77.25 N Y05889 Roxbury Judd's Bridge Road Lenevig Brook 5 5 4 6 N 4 4 7 51.95 50.99 Y Y04767 Salem Darling Road East Brook 6 6 6 6 N 6 3 7 77.48 77.92 N Y04465 Southbury River Road Pomperaug River 4 6 5 7 N 4 6 9 81.63 80.85 Y N05392 Southington Prospect Street Eight Mile River 4 7 6 5 N 5 6 9 93.84 95.77 Y N04444 Sprague Parkwood Road Little River-Hanover

Reservoir 7 7 8 8 N 7 3 7 74.90 74.53 N Y

04779 Stafford Spring Street Middle River 6 6 6 6 N 6 3 8 78.95 78.28 N Y04782 Stafford Cooper Lane Edson Brook 6 6 6 6 N 6 3 8 77.10 76.21 N Y04781 Stafford West Street Middle River 5 6 6 6 N 6 3 8 77.80 78.61 N Y04438 Stafford Stone House Road Roaring Brook 5 4 4 6 N 3 3 8 18.37 14.33 N Y04774 Stafford Colburn Road Furnace Brook 7 5 6 6 N 5 3 8 67.94 68.05 N Y

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04778 Stafford Leonard Road Furnace Brook 4 5 6 7 N 5 2 8 62.63 66.19 Y Y03682 Stamford South State Street #1 Rippowam River 6 6 4 6 N 4 2 6 50.77 49.96 Y N04064 Stamford Richmond Hill Avenue Rippowam River 4 6 6 6 N 5 3 9 73.54 72.50 Y N04567 Suffield Boston Neck Road Stony Brook 5 6 6 7 N 6 3 8 66.78 64.93 N Y05043 Thomaston Walnut Hill Road #2 Northfield Brook 4 6 7 6 N 4 7 6 86.61 86.20 Y N04797 Thompson Wilsonville Road French River 5 6 7 6 N 5 3 4 73.46 72.68 N Y04794 Thompson Blain Road French River 6 7 6 7 N 6 2 7 77.82 79.12 N Y05412 Thompson Brandy Hill Road Quaddick Lake 8 8 7 7 N 7 3 7 78.83 78.53 N Y05638 Thompson Baker Road Quaddick Lake 7 7 8 8 N 7 3 7 78.94 78.57 N Y04793 Thompson Red Bridge Road Quinebaug River 7 7 7 7 N 7 3 3 73.64 73.75 N Y05084 Torrington Wall Street East Br. Naugatuck River 4 6 6 6 N 5 5 8 91.84 92.03 Y N04936 Trumbull Brock Street Pequonnock River 8 8 7 7 N 7 2 9 75.89 75.37 N Y04573 Vernon West Main Street Hockanum River 4 5 6 6 N 5 4 7 80.63 81.30 Y N04833 Wallingford Tyler Mill Road Muddy River 6 6 0 3 N 0 0 0 17.00 11.89 Y N05159 Washington Romford Road Bantam River 8 8 8 7 N 8 2 8 75.80 75.58 N Y05162 Washington Tunnel Road Kirby Brook N N N 6 7 6 3 6 77.98 77.54 N Y05164 Washington Nettleton Hollow Road Sprain Brook N N N 5 4 4 N 6 72.67 71.56 Y Y05363 Washington Church Street East Aspetuck River 8 8 4 5 N 4 5 7 55.24 55.50 Y Y03681 Waterbury East Liberty Street Mad River 4 4 5 5 N 4 3 6 49.69 48.43 Y N05039 Waterbury Eagle Street Naugatuck River 6 5 7 6 N 5 3 9 74.09 73.98 N Y05518 Waterford Old Mill Road Hunts Brook 6 5 6 6 N 5 2 7 62.59 64.29 N Y04962 Weston Valley Forge Road Saugatuck River 5 5 4 8 N 4 3 9 46.90 45.49 Y Y04933 Weston Old Redding Road Aspetuck River 5 5 4 4 N 4 2 7 49.60 48.19 Y Y04960 Weston River Road Saugatuck River 7 7 7 7 N 7 3 9 75.38 74.49 N Y04971 Westport Old Road #2 Sasco Brook 4 2 7 5 N 0 0 0 6.80 3.10 Y Y05531 Willington Kechkes Road Fenton River 7 4 6 6 N 4 3 6 51.00 50.37 Y Y05345 Willington Daleville School Road Fenton River 6 6 6 6 N 6 3 7 79.93 79.26 N Y04975 Wilton Lovers Lane Comstock Brook 6 6 4 5 N 4 2 9 52.74 51.59 Y Y04986 Wilton Sugar Hollow Road Norwalk River 5 4 7 7 N 4 4 7 54.43 53.50 Y Y04979 Wilton Kent Road Norwalk River 5 5 7 7 N 5 2 9 64.43 63.69 N Y04981 Wilton Cannon Road Norwalk River 6 6 7 6 N 6 3 9 77.80 76.99 N Y05734 Wilton Borglum Road Silvermine Brook 7 7 7 8 N 7 2 9 77.89 77.45 N Y03986 Winchester Wallens Street Still River 4 6 7 8 N 4 4 8 75.86 75.12 Y N04060 Winchester Holabird Avenue Still River 3 6 7 7 N 4 2 8 70.73 71.47 Y N04059 Winchester Bridge Street Mad River 4 7 6 7 N 5 6 6 92.41 91.56 Y N05127 Winchester Case Avenue Mad River 4 7 6 6 N 5 7 8 93.88 93.25 Y N05131 Winchester Sucker Brook Road Sucker Brook-Spillway 4 7 7 8 N 4 5 8 90.40 92.29 Y N06108 Windsor Scarborough Road Deckers Brook 7 7 4 4 N 4 7 8 66.66 65.77 Y Y

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APPENDIX 1A - ELIGIBLE BRIDGES UNDER 20 FEET


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001003 Andover Merritt Valley Road Brook N N 7 4 4 4 7 60.84% 59.51% Y001006 Andover Lake Road Brook 5 4 6 6 N 4 7 56.00% 54.89% Y001007 Andover Lake Road Cheney Brook N N N 5 3 3 46.76% 45.20% Y003002 Ashford Axe Factory Road Bigelow Brook 6 4 6 6 N 4 7 32.88% 29.84% Y005002 Barkhamsted Park Road Beaver Brook N N N 4 4 4 7 64.83% 63.50% Y007019 Berlin Middletown Road Stream 5 4 5 7 N 4 6 49.78% 48.59% Y007020 Berlin Spruce Brook Road Spruce Brook 6 3 5 7 N 3 9 38.67% 37.48% Y008005 Bethany Old Mill Road Sargent River 5 5 4 7 N 4 9 29.53% 26.68% Y014001 Branford Chestnut Street Branford Supply Pond N N N 6 4 4 62.85% 61.52% Y014002 Branford Harbor Street Tidal Channel 4 3 4 6 N 4 45.69% 44.28% Y014003 Branford Hosley Avenue Brook N N N 6 3 3 42.37% 40.81% Y014005 Branford Saw Mill Road Pond 7 6 4 7 N 4 41.36% 38.95% Y015004 Bridgeport Chopsy Hill Road Island Brook 6 N N 7 3 3 49.31% 47.75% Y015005 Bridgeport Chopsy Hill Road Island Brook 4 4 4 6 N 4 60.66% 59.33% Y015012 Bridgeport Griffin Avenue Island Brook 4 4 6 6 N 4 61.65% 60.46% Y015021 Bridgeport Platt Street Island Brook N N N 5 4 4 64.76% 63.43% Y015022 Bridgeport Pond Street Island Brook N N N 7 4 4 63.85% 62.52% Y015026 Bridgeport Valley Avenue Island Brook 6 6 4 5 N 4 64.85% 63.81% Y015028 Bridgeport Woodrow Avenue Island Brook 5 5 3 4 N 3 44.84% 43.58% Y016001 Bridgewater Hut Hill Road Wewaka Brook 4 4 4 6 N 4 61.82% 60.49% Y016004 Bridgewater Wewaka Brook Road Wewaka Brook N N N 7 4 4 62.78% 61.45% Y016005 Bridgewater Stuart Road East Brook N N N 4 4 4 64.84% 63.51% Y017005 Bristol Lake Avenue Cussgutter Brook 4 4 5 7 N 4 49.36% 48.10% Y017006 Bristol Lake Avenue Mix Brook 5 4 5 7 N 4 63.61% 62.42% Y017015 Bristol Brook Street Stream 7 7 4 8 N 4 64.61% 63.72% Y017036 Bristol Memorial Boulevard Stream 3 3 7 6 N 3 43.74% 42.48% Y017042 Bristol Church Street Stream 4 4 6 7 N 4 61.75% 60.56% Y018001 Brookfield Obtuse Rocks Road Beers Brook N N N 6 4 4 67.86% 66.53% Y019006 Brooklyn Elliot Road Sandy Brook 3 3 6 8 N 3 4 32.61% 31.28% Y022005 Canterbury Cemetery Road Deane Brook 6 6 4 6 N 5 7 62.69% 61.65% Y022007 Canterbury Cemetery Road Peck Brook 5 5 3 6 N 4 7 47.64% 46.38% Y023005 Canton East Hill Road #3 Rattlesnake Brook N N N 4 2 1 2 10.03% 5.81% Y025018 Cheshire Blacks Road Honeypot Brook 5 5 4 4 N 4 63.84% 62.65% Y025023 Cheshire West Johnson Avenue Judd Brook 8 8 4 5 N 4 64.84% 64.10% Y028015 Colchester Starr Road Brook 5 5 4 7 N 4 19.06% 14.43% Y030002 Columbia Macht Road Macht Brook 6 6 3 6 N 3 7 38.10% 36.99% Y031001 Cornwall River Road Reed Brook 7 4 6 6 N 4 7 35.61% 32.09% Y031011 Cornwall Chamberlain Road Bloody Brook 4 6 4 6 N 4 60.85% 59.66% Y




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031016 Cornwall Lake Road Holenbeck River N N N 6 4 4 62.84% 61.51% Y032006 Coventry Monument Hill Rd Mill Brook 6 6 4 7 N 4 64.82% 63.78% Y032008 Coventry Bradbury Lane Mill Brook 5 2 6 N 0 22.94% 21.68% Y032010 Coventry Snake Hill Road Mill Brook 6 6 4 6 N 4 47.78% 46.74% Y033001 Cromwell Christian Hill Road Stream 7 7 4 7 N 4 53.34% 52.45% Y034003 Danbury Shelter Rock Road Sympaug Brook 4 6 6 6 N 4 74.39% 75.02% Y034013 Danbury W Starrs Plain Road Saugatuck River 5 4 4 6 N 4 47.86% 46.60% Y034017 Danbury Washington Ave Parks Pond Brook 4 4 5 6 N 4 7 61.75% 60.49% Y034023 Danbury Miry Brook Road Miry Brook 4 4 5 5 N 4 43.36% 42.10% Y034024 Danbury Backus Avenue Brook 4 4 4 4 N 4 7 46.04% 44.71% Y034027 Danbury Padanaram Road Margerie Brook 4 4 4 6 N 4 53.03% 51.70% Y034031 Danbury Padanaram Road East Lake Brook 5 5 4 8 N 4 47.62% 46.43% Y034035 Danbury West Street Blind Brook 4 4 5 7 N 4 8 65.86% 64.60% Y034037 Danbury William Street Blind Brook 4 4 5 7 N 4 6 66.19% 64.93% Y034039 Danbury Jefferson Street Blind Brook 5 4 6 7 N 4 5 67.17% 66.06% Y034040 Danbury Reservoir Road Brook 5 5 4 6 N 4 6 50.21% 49.02% Y122001 Deep River Tower Hill Road Brook N N N 6 4 4 65.84% 64.51% Y037003 Durham Coe Road Parmalee Brook N N N 5 4 4 67.84% 66.51% Y041002 East Hampton Walnut Ave Brook 6 6 4 7 N 4 59.84% 58.80% Y041004 East Hampton Niles Street Brook 6 6 4 7 N 4 41.99% 38.40% Y041005 East Hampton Flat Brook Road Flat Brook 4 4 4 7 N 4 59.80% 58.47% Y041006 East Hampton Flat Brook Road Flat Brook 6 6 3 3 N 3 26.83% 25.72% Y041007 East Hampton Blacksmith Road Brook N N N 7 4 4 62.86% 61.53% Y041008 East Hampton Terp Road Pine Brook 6 6 4 4 N 4 46.51% 45.47% Y044004 East Lyme Society Road Pataquanset River 4 7 3 8 N 3 7 45.77% 49.81% Y046003 East Windsor East Road Ketch Brook 4 4 4 8 N 4 2 50.71% 49.38% Y046007 East Windsor Highland Avenue Chestnut Brook 4 4 4 7 7 4 7 47.17% 46.50% Y049002 Essex Ivory Street Falls River (South Br.) 4 4 6 7 N 4 7 64.21% 63.02% Y049004 Essex Old Deep River Road Brook 5 4 6 7 N 4 8 50.82% 49.71% Y050003 Fairfield Burr Street Brook 5 4 6 7 N 5 7 49.21% 48.10% Y050006 Fairfield Cemetery Road Browns Brook 5 5 4 6 N 5 7 51.61% 50.42% Y050008 Fairfield Creconoof Road Cricker Brook 6 6 4 6 N 5 6 71.20% 70.16% Y050011 Fairfield Governors Lane Browns Brook 5 5 4 5 N 4 60.85% 59.66% Y050019 Fairfield Nonopage Road Cricker Brook 4 4 6 6 N 4 59.85% 58.66% Y055005 Granby Simsbury Road Kendall Brook 6 6 4 4 N 4 6 48.74% 47.70% Y055010 Granby Enders Road Brook 6 4 5 4 N 4 7 31.50% 27.17% Y056010 Greenwich Pemberwick Road Crossing Path 5 5 4 0 N 4 47.54% 46.35% Y056038 Greenwich Doubling Road Rockwood Lake 4 4 7 6 N 4 54.68% 53.57% Y056051 Greenwich Winding Lane Horseneck Brook N N N 2 6 2 7 77.16% 76.27% Y058003 Groton Packer Road Haleys Brook 4 4 7 6 N 4 7 57.71% 56.60% Y

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058008 Groton Beach Road Venetian Harbor N N N 7 4 4 7 55.89% 54.56% Y059004 Guilford North Madison Road Little Meadow Brook N N N 5 4 4 7 72.16% 70.83% Y061025 Hamden Sanford Street Shepard Brook 4 4 5 6 N 4 6 52.46% 51.20% Y0610?? Hamden Woodin Street Wilmont Brook 4 4 5 5 N 4 6 55.76% 53.95% Y064002 Hartland Fuller Road Belden Brook 7 7 4 4 N 4 36.65% 33.76% Y064003 Hartland Fuller Road Brook 4 6 4 4 N 4 28.49% 24.86% Y066006 Hebron Marjorie Circle Brook 6 4 6 7 N 4 58.85% 56.81% Y067003 Kent Macedonia Brook Road Macedonia Brook 7 4 7 8 N 5 9 53.71% 52.82% Y067010 Kent Macedonia Brook Road Macedonia Brook 7 4 5 6 N 5 8 27.11% 23.96% Y067016 Kent Kent Hollow Road Aspetuck River 4 4 6 7 N 4 7 49.15% 47.96% Y070003 Lebanon Tobacco Street Ten Mile Brook 4 5 7 7 N 6 72.47% 71.99% Y070007 Goshen Hill Road Exeter Brook 6 6 4 7 N 4 7 56.16% 55.12% Y071003 Ledyard Stonybrook Road Billings Avery Brook 4 4 7 6 N 4 7 66.16% 65.05% Y072002 Lisbon Blissville Road Brook 4 4 6 6 N 4 47.27% 46.08% Y073002 Litchfield Shear Shop Road Marshepaug River 6 4 6 7 N 4 53.58% 52.54% Y073011 Litchfield West Morris Road Hill Brook 7 7 4 7 N 4 7 58.10% 57.21% Y073025 Litchfield Knife Shop Road Humaston Brook 6 6 4 7 N 4 48.74% 47.70% Y074007 Lyme Birch Mill Road Falls Brook 6 4 7 6 N 4 58.75% 58.68% Y075001 Madison Tibbals Bridge Road Hammonasset River 7 6 2 N 2 22.00% 20.89% Y075005 Madison Bradley Corners Road Neck Brook 5 5 4 4 N 4 58.79% 57.60% Y075010 Madison Garnet Park Road Bailey Creek N N N 7 4 4 59.61% 58.28% Y077002 Mansfield Mount Hope Road Brook N N N 6 4 4 60.83% 59.50% Y077006 Mansfield Hillyndale Road Eagleville Brook N N N 7 2 2 7 27.45% 25.67% Y077007 Mansfield Shady Lane Eagleville Brook 4 5 4 6 N 4 48.27% 49.01% Y082031 Middletown Industrial Park Road Fall Brook N N N 8 0 0 8 40.91% 38.69% Y083006 Milford Melba Street Calf Pen Meadow Cr. 4 4 4 5 N 4 60.80% 59.47% Y083013 Milford Wheelers Farms Road Brook 5 6 4 7 N 4 59.84% 58.73% Y085008 Montville Derry Hill Road Brook 4 4 6 7 N 4 45.51% 44.32% Y089005 New Canaan Huckleberry Hill R Silvermine River 5 5 4 4 N 4 51.35% 50.16% Y089008 New Canaan Ponus Ridge Brook N N N 7 4 4 67.86% 66.53% Y089010 New Canaan Greenley Road Noroton River 4 4 6 5 N 4 45.73% 44.54% Y089012 New Canaan West Road Brook N N N 6 4 4 62.78% 61.45% Y089013 New Canaan Wahackme Road Noroton River 4 4 4 7 N 4 47.74% 46.41% Y089014 New Canaan Richmond Hill Road Brook 3 2 3 6 6 2 7 14.22% 13.33% Y091001 New Hartford Farmington River Road Ratlum Brook N N N 4 4 4 7 64.84% 63.51% Y091004 New Hartford West Hill Road Brook N N N 5 4 4 9 47.82% 46.49% Y091009 New Hartford West Hill Road Finnak Brook 5 5 4 5 N 4 7 52.31% 51.12% Y095002 New Milford Mud Pond Road Bull Mountain Brook 3 2 3 N 2 17.00% 15.37% Y095008 New Milford Riverview Road Womenshenuk Brook 6 4 4 4 N 4 49.49% 48.19% Y095010 New Milford North Road Denman Brook N N N 7 3 3 47.84% 46.28% Y

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095011 New Milford Indian Trail Merryall Brook 6 3 5 5 N 3 7 21.89% 18.04% Y095020 New Milford Gaylord Road Morrissey Brook 5 4 4 4 N 4 36.51% 33.81% Y096006 Newtown Stony Brook Road Brook N N N 7 4 4 8 56.20% 54.87% Y096038 Newtown High Rock Road #2 Halfway Brook 7 7 4 6 N 4 27.55% 26.66% Y096040 Newtown Old Hawleyville Road Pond Brook 5 5 4 6 N 4 6 43.91% 42.72% Y097006 Norfolk Doolittle Drive Loon Brook N N N 8 4 4 63.82% 62.49% Y101002 North Stonington Puttker Road Green Fall River N N N 7 4 4 64.82% 63.49% Y103016 Norwich East Town Street Brook 6 6 4 7 N 4 64.75% 63.71% Y103018 Norwich Hunters Road Hunter Brook 4 4 6 4 N 4 49.58% 48.39% Y104004 Old Lyme McCurdy Road Duck River N N N 7 4 4 66.61% 65.28% Y107001 Oxford Park Road Little River N N N 8 4 4 60.84% 59.51% Y109001 Plainville Town Line Road Stream 4 6 4 7 4 4 8 60.15% 58.82% Y111004 Pomfret Dennis Road Lyon Brook 4 6 6 7 N 5 48.31% 44.38% Y117007 Ridgefield Mopus Bridge Road Brook 3 3 3 7 N 3 6 33.06% 31.50% Y117016 Ridgefield Stonehedge Road Brook 4 4 6 7 N 4 53.31% 52.12% Y117026 Ridgefield Florida Hill Road Norwalk River 4 4 7 7 N 4 8 49.87% 48.76% Y117029 Ridgefield Depot Road Norwalk River N N N 7 4 4 60.78% 59.45% Y117033 Ridgefield Wilton Road East Silvermine River 6 6 4 7 N 5 7 51.15% 50.11% Y117036 Ridgefield Gay Road Silvermine River 7 7 4 7 N 4 63.85% 62.96% Y121003 Salisbury Mount Riga Road Wachocastinook Creek 5 7 4 4 N 4 47.86% 46.82% Y121006 Salisbury Between The Lakes Twin Lakes Channel 4 5 6 8 N 4 61.56% 60.45% Y121010 Salisbury Salmon Kill Road Factory Brook 7 7 4 4 N 4 65.81% 64.92% Y123003 Scotland Kemp Road Kimball Pond Brook 6 6 4 4 N 6 63.82% 62.78% Y123004 Scotland Kasacek Road Merrick Brook 6 6 3 3 N 6 49.82% 48.71% Y125006 Sharon Old Sharon Road #3 Mill Brook 4 0 8 8 N 0 7 26.86% 21.75% Y125010 Sharon Keeler Road Macedonia Brook 7 3 6 7 N 3 25.57% 20.98% Y125011 Sharon Kirk Road Brook 4 4 6 7 N 4 48.20% 47.01% Y125012 Sharon West Cornwall Road Swamp Brook 4 4 7 8 N 4 44.81% 43.70% Y125015 Sharon West Woods Road #2 Brook N N N 5 4 4 64.84% 63.51% Y130010 Southbury New Road Spruce Brook 4 5 6 8 N 4 52.17% 51.06% Y130023 Southbury River Road #1 Pootatuck Brook 6 6 4 6 N 4 8 60.24% 59.20% Y131018 Southington Old Mountain Rd. Stream 3 3 7 7 N 3 28.72% 27.46% Y133003 Sprague LaCroix Road Beaver Brook 6 3 3 6 N 3 34.36% 33.03% Y134003 Stafford Pine Road Crystal Lake Brook 4 4 5 6 N 4 8 29.74% 26.70% Y134005 Stafford Upper Road Furnace Brook 7 7 3 3 N 3 8 39.19% 38.23% Y135011 Stamford Riverbank Road E Br Mianus River 4 4 5 5 N 4 61.78% 60.52% Y141001 Thompson Owen Adam Road Long Branch Brook N N N 2 2 38.97% 37.19% Y143014 Torrington Brightwood Ave. #1 Brook 7 7 4 7 N 4 64.81% 63.92% Y143024 Torrington Klug Hill Road Brook 4 4 5 8 N 4 47.17% 45.91% Y148010 Wallingford Field Drive Brook 7 N N 5 4 5 5 65.20% 63.87% Y

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150015 Washington West Mountain Road Sprain Brook 7 4 3 7 N 3 8 23.30% 19.45% Y151012 Waterbury Cooke Street Brook 5 5 3 8 N 3 34.53% 33.27% Y151026 Waterbury Brown Street Great Brook 4 3 7 7 N 3 32.78% 31.59% Y151027 Waterbury Water Street Great Brook 6 3 7 0 N 3 35.79% 34.75% Y151029 Waterbury Cherry Avenue Great Brook 3 3 8 0 N 3 30.65% 29.46% Y151030 Waterbury Cherry Street Great Brook 5 3 8 0 N 3 34.69% 33.65% Y158008 Westport Greens Farms Road Muddy Brook 4 4 5 6 N 4 59.78% 58.52% Y158009 Westport High Point Road Muddy Brook N N N 6 4 4 56.42% 55.09% Y158018 Westport Sasco Creek Road Brook 3 3 4 6 N 3 41.82% 40.34% Y158021 Westport Kings Highway North Willow Brook 4 4 5 7 N 4 45.55% 44.29% Y159007 Wethersfield Middletown Ave Beaver Brook N N N 7 4 4 63.82% 62.49% Y160005 Willington Clint Eldredge Road Eldredge Brook 4 7 7 7 N 3 7 18.84% 14.28% Y168001 Woodbury Lynns Corner Road Lewis Atwood Brook 1 1 7 N 1 34.00% 32.44% Y168013 Woodbury Middle Quarter Road South Brook 5 4 5 6 N 5 8 53.47% 52.28% Y169003 Woodstock Hopkins Road Stafford Brook 6 6 4 7 N 4 47.64% 46.60% Y169016 Woodstock North Gate Road Sawmill Brook 6 7 4 6 N 4 62.44% 59.59% Y169017 Woodstock Peake Brook Road Brook 6 6 4 7 N 4 47.95% 46.91% Y

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APPENDIX 2 - GRANT PERCENTAGES FOR MUNICIPALITIES

Municipal grant percentages are based on the Adjusted Equalized Net Grand List Per Capita. (AENGLC) of a municipality. Per statute, grant percentages vary from 10% to 33% based on the following formula:

HIGH AENGLC = Greenwich = $295,636.63 LOW AENGLC = Hartford = $7,034.84 FACTOR = (HIGH AENGLC - LOW AENGLC) / (33-10) = ($295,636.63 - $7,034.84) / 23 = 12,547.90

Municipal Grant % = 33 - (MUNICIPAL AENGLC - LOW AENGLC) / FACTOR

Example: Andover % = 33 - ( 23,649.86 - 7,034.84) / 12,547.90 = 31.68%

TOWN AENGLC GRANT % Andover 25,518.30 31.70 Ansonia 13,820.20 32.57 Ashford 19,365.97 32.16 Avon 99,351.13 26.21 Barkhamsted 32,233.97 31.20 Beacon Falls 23,643.93 31.84 Berlin 39,271.23 30.68 Bethany 46,408.37 30.15 Bethel 33,920.50 31.08 Bethlehem 38,100.34 30.77 Bloomfield 39,806.73 30.64 Bolton 30,684.81 31.32 Bozrah 25,376.40 31.71 Branford 43,486.84 30.36 Bridgeport 8,747.50 32.95 Bridgewater 88,805.31 27.00 Bristol 18,028.98 32.26 Brookfield 58,626.82 29.24 Brooklyn 15,767.52 32.42 Burlington 35,561.14 30.95 Canaan 46,924.88 30.11 Canterbury 16,286.26 32.39 Canton 40,782.50 30.57 Chaplin 18,582.80 32.22 Cheshire 41,008.62 30.55 Chester 39,426.39 30.67 Clinton 30,119.91 31.36

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TOWN AENGLC GRANT % Colchester 21,724.92 31.98 Colebrook 35,100.18 30.99 Columbia 32,443.65 31.19 Cornwall 107,563.52 25.60 Coventry 21,136.38 32.03 Cromwell 30,277.68 31.35 Danbury 33,062.41 31.14 Darien 303,516.03 11.04 Deep River 31,979.85 31.22 Derby 17,902.45 32.27 Durham 31,689.55 31.24 Eastford 23,456.53 31.85 East Granby 49,164.34 29.94 East Haddam 32,248.96 31.20 East Hampton 25,337.38 31.71 East Hartford 17,894.17 32.27 East Haven 16,108.07 32.40 East Lyme 33,160.62 31.13 Easton 122,567.76 24.49 East Windsor 25,489.93 31.70 Ellington 25,079.37 31.73 Enfield 20,474.51 32.08 Essex 72,857.46 28.18 Fairfield 81,006.09 27.58 Farmington 69,676.80 28.42 Franklin 30,926.47 31.30 Glastonbury 53,485.58 29.62 Goshen 63,149.10 28.90 Granby 35,616.70 30.95 Greenwich 309,952.37 10.56 Griswold 13,059.19 32.63 Groton 21,793.07 31.98 Guilford 54,833.27 29.52 Haddam 44,950.21 30.26 Hamden 22,447.92 31.93 Hampton 20,216.07 32.09 Hartford 8,030.23 33.00 Hartland 28,598.86 31.47 Harwinton 35,847.66 30.93 Hebron 28,266.79 31.50 Kent 55,251.76 29.49

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TOWN AENGLC GRANT % Killingly 14,019.00 32.55 Killingworth 36,438.21 30.89 Lebanon 23,806.13 31.83 Ledyard 23,002.59 31.89 Lisbon 17,427.17 32.30 Litchfield 41,603.84 30.50 Lyme 112,629.23 25.23 Madison 68,734.40 28.49 Manchester 25,260.75 31.72 Mansfield 9,486.08 32.89 Marlborough 31,921.45 31.22 Meriden 14,066.24 32.55

67,245.75 28.60 Middlefield 29,232.50 31.42 Middletown 21,367.57 32.01 Milford 36,075.70 30.92 Monroe 43,752.73 30.35 Montville 20,862.69 32.05 Morris 43,839.73 30.34 Naugatuck 16,829.76 32.35 New Britain 8,518.35 32.96 New Canaan 317,499.42 10.00 New Fairfield 48,351.94 30.00 New Hartford 30,875.55 31.30 New Haven 8,324.70 32.98 Newington 28,789.28 31.46 New London 10,765.28 32.80 New Milford 36,558.94 30.88 Newtown 50,947.29 29.81 Norfolk 42,588.25 30.43 North Branford 26,564.57 31.62 North Canaan 24,097.36 31.81 North Haven 51,094.46 29.80 North Stonington 28,803.27 31.46 Norwalk 50,560.66 29.84 Norwich 14,167.02 32.54 Old Lyme 88,324.60 27.03 Old Saybrook 67,600.35 28.57 Orange 72,170.51 28.23 Oxford 34,133.38 31.06 Plainfield 11,568.77 32.74

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TOWN AENGLC GRANT % Plainville 21,728.11 31.98 Plymouth 17,166.13 32.32 Pomfret 29,535.99 31.40 Portland 27,579.28 31.55 Preston 19,281.77 32.16 Prospect 25,783.05 31.68 Putnam 14,835.83 32.49 Redding 113,017.82 25.20 Ridgefield 128,731.44 24.03 Rocky Hill 37,755.04 30.79 Roxbury 115,158.51 25.04 Salem 27,137.12 31.58 Salisbury 113,498.47 25.16 Scotland 19,653.16 32.14 Seymour 23,709.82 31.83 Sharon 85,384.27 27.25 Shelton 39,902.11 30.63 Sherman 105,977.75 25.72 Simsbury 58,190.00 29.27 Somers 24,212.36 31.80 Southbury 59,294.84 29.19 Southington 30,303.00 31.34 South Windsor 38,502.41 30.74 Sprague 17,170.38 32.32 Stafford 16,808.58 32.35 Stamford 72,890.76 28.18 Sterling 15,380.45 32.45 Stonington 46,166.22 30.17 Stratford 29,061.96 31.44 Suffield 40,448.49 30.59 Thomaston 23,636.35 31.84 Thompson 14,935.55 32.49 Tolland 28,894.80 31.45 Torrington 17,775.11 32.28 Trumbull 59,540.57 29.17 Union 30,813.45 31.31 Vernon 17,727.15 32.28 Voluntown 18,666.57 32.21 Wallingford 30,138.16 31.36 Warren 66,588.24 28.65 Washington 101,467.94 26.06

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TOWN AENGLC GRANT % Waterbury 10,600.87 32.81 Waterford 105,261.46 25.77 Watertown 25,104.53 31.73 Westbrook 61,568.79 29.02 West Hartford 44,302.36 30.30 West Haven 14,515.17 32.52 Weston 254,112.27 14.71 Westport 266,603.79 13.78 Wethersfield 35,870.89 30.93 Willington 19,528.08 32.15 Wilton 185,032.84 19.85 Winchester 17,748.18 32.28 Windham 9,229.63 32.91 Windsor 32,713.26 31.17 Windsor Locks 36,375.95 30.89 Wolcott 23,567.59 31.85 Woodbridge 100,136.30 26.15 Woodbury 46,455.27 30.14 Woodstock 27,902.25 31.52

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APPENDIX 3 - LOCAL BRIDGE LEGISLATION

Following are excerpts from the Connecticut General Statutes and Public Acts which relate to Local Bridges. They are included as a convenience to the reader of this manual, and are not intended to be a complete list of all relevant Statutes. The reader is cautioned that these are not certified copies, and to check that there have been no revisions to the Statute before relying upon it.

CGS SECTIONS 13A-175P THROUGH 13A-175W

PART IIb

LOCAL BRIDGE PROGRAM

Sec. 13a-175p. Definitions. The following terms, as used in sections 13a-175p to 13a-175w, inclusive, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning or intent:

(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Transportation. (2) "Eligible bridge" means a bridge located within one or more municipalities in the State, the

physical condition of which requires that it be removed, replaced, reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved as determined by the commissioner.

(3) "Eligible bridge project" means the removal, replacement, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of an eligible bridge by one or more municipalities.

(4) "Grant percentage" means a percentage established by the commissioner for each municipality by (A) ranking all municipalities in descending order according to each such municipality's adjusted equalized net grand list per capita as defined in section 10-261; and (B) determining a percentage for each such municipality on a scale from not less than 10% to not more than 33% based upon such ranking. In any case where a municipality does not have an adjusted equalized net grand list per capita such municipality shall be deemed to have the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita of the town in which it is located.

(5) "Local bridge program" means the local bridge program established pursuant to sections 13a-175p to 13a-175u, inclusive.

(6) "Local Bridge Revolving Fund" means the Local Bridge Revolving Fund created under section 13a-175r.

(7) "Municipality" means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, district or other political subdivision of the state, owning or having responsibility for the maintenance of all or a portion of an eligible bridge.

(8) "Physical condition" means the physical condition of a bridge based on its structural deficiencies, sufficiency rating and load capacity all as determined by the commissioner.

(9) "Priority list of eligible bridge projects" means the priority list of eligible bridge projects established by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of section 13a-175s.

(10) "Project costs" means the total costs of a project determined by the commissioner to be necessary and reasonable.

(11) "Project loan" means a loan made to a municipality from the Local Bridge Revolving Fund and evidenced by the municipality's project loan obligation.

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(12) "Project loan agreement" means a loan agreement with respect to a project loan as provided for in subsection (c) of section 13a-175s.

(13) "Project loan obligation" means an obligation of a municipality issued to evidence indebtedness under a project loan agreement and payable to the state for the benefit of the Local Bridge Revolving Fund.

(14) "Project grant" means a grant-in-aid made to a municipality pursuant to section 13a-175s. (15) "Supplemental project obligation" means bonds or serial notes issued by a municipality for the

purpose of financing the portion of the costs of an eligible bridge project not met from the proceeds of a project grant or project loan.

(P.A. 84-254, S. 8, 62.)

Sec. 13a-175q. Local bridge program. The establishment of a program for the removal, replacement, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of local bridges is a matter of state-wide concern affecting the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the state and of persons traveling within the state. It is the policy of the state to establish a timely and efficient method for municipalities to participate in this program and in furtherance thereof, sections 13a-175p to 13a-175w, inclusive, are intended to provide authority for municipalities to approve local bridge projects, and, in connection therewith, to authorize project loan agreements, and the issuance of project loan obligations and supplemental project obligations. For the purpose of ensuring and encouraging participation by municipalities in the benefits of the local bridge program, the powers of municipalities are expressly enlarged and expanded to include the power to do all things necessary and incident to their participation in the local bridge program under sections 13a-175p to 13a-175w, inclusive.

(P.A. 84-254, S. 9, 62.)

Sec. 13a-175r. Local Bridge Revolving Fund. There is established and created a fund to be known as the “Local Bridge Revolving Fund”. The state shall deposit in said fund (1) all proceeds of bonds issued by the state for the purpose of making project loans and project grants to municipalities, including proceeds of any special tax obligation bonds which are issued for the purpose of funding the local bridge program through project loans and grants, (2) any and all payments made by municipalities in respect of project loans including loan interest, (3) all appropriations for the purpose of making project loans and project grants, and (4) any additional moneys from any other source available for deposit into said fund. Moneys deposited in said fund shall be held by the treasurer separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Investment earnings credited to the assets of said fund shall become part of the assets of said fund. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of a fiscal year shall be carried forward in said fund for the fiscal year next succeeding. Amounts in the Local Bridge Revolving Fund shall be expended only for the purpose of funding project loans and project grants or for the purchase or redemption of special tax obligation bonds issued pursuant to sections 13b-74 to 13b-77, inclusive.

(P.A. 84-254, S. 10, 62; P.A. 89-240, S. 1, 3.)

History: P.A. 89-240 added provisions re proceeds of grants to be deposited in fund, added new Subdiv. (3) re appropriations deposited in fund and relettered Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4).

Sec. 13a-175s. Procedure for making project grants and loans under local bridge program. (a) The commissioner shall maintain a list of eligible bridges and shall establish a priority list of eligible bridge projects for each fiscal year. In establishing such priority list, the commissioner shall consider the physical condition of each eligible bridge.

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(b) In each fiscal year the commissioner may make project loans to municipalities in the order of the priority list of eligible bridge projects to the extent of moneys available therefor in the Local Bridge Revolving Fund. Each municipality undertaking an eligible bridge project may apply for and receive a project loan or loans. The aggregate amount of project loans made to a municipality with respect to any project shall be equal to the amount requested by the municipality up to an amount not to exceed 50% of the project costs allocable therefore to such municipality.

(c) Each project loan shall be made pursuant to a project loan agreement between the state, acting by and through the commissioner, and the borrowing municipality and shall be evidenced by a project loan obligation of the borrowing municipality issued in accordance with section 13a-175t. Each project loan agreement shall be in the form prescribed by the commissioner, provided that each project loan agreement shall provide for a project loan obligation bearing interest at the rate of 6% per annum payable quarterly and maturing no later than 10 years from the date of such obligation.

(d) In each fiscal year the commissioner may make project grants to municipalities in the order of the priority list of eligible bridge projects to the extent moneys are available therefore. Each municipality undertaking an eligible bridge project may apply for and receive a project grant equal to its grant percentage multiplied by the project costs allocable to such municipality.

(e) All applications for project loans and project grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1985, shall be filed with the commissioner no later than October 1, 1984, and for each succeeding fiscal year all such applications shall be filed with the commissioner no later than March first of the fiscal year next preceding. The commissioner may for good cause extend the period of time in which any such application may be filed.

(f) A project grant or project loan shall not be made to a municipality with respect to an eligible bridge project unless: (1) each municipality undertaking such project has available to it, or has made arrangements satisfactory to the commissioner to obtain, funds to pay that portion of the project costs for which it is legally obligated and which are not met by project loans or project grants; (2) each municipality undertaking such project provides assurances satisfactory to the commissioner that it will undertake and complete such project with due diligence and that it will operate and maintain the eligible bridge properly after completion of such project; (3) each municipality undertaking such project and seeking a project loan or a project grant has filed with the commissioner all applications and other documents prescribed by the commissioner; (4) each municipality undertaking such project and seeking a project loan or a project grant has established separate accounts for the receipt and disbursement of the proceeds of project loans and project grants; and (5) in any case in which an eligible bridge is owned or maintained by more than one municipality, evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that all such municipalities are legally bound to complete their respective portions of such project. Notwithstanding any provisions of this subsection, the commissioner may make an advance grant to a municipality for the purpose of funding the engineering cost of an eligible bridge project. Such grant shall equal the municipality’s grant percentage multiplied by the engineering cost, which cost shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the construction cost of the project, provided the amount of such advance shall be deducted from the total grant for the project.

(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b) and (d) of this section, the commissioner may make project grants and project loans with respect to an eligible bridge project without regard to the priority list of eligible bridge projects if a public emergency exists requiring the immediate removal, replacement, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of the eligible bridge of such project to protect the public health and safety.

(P.A. 84-254, S. 11, 62; P.A. 88-60, S. 2; P.A. 89-240, S. 2, 3.)

History: P.A. 88-60 amended Subsec. (g) to allow the commissioner to make an advance grant to a municipality to fund engineering costs of an eligible bridge project; P.A. 89-240 deleted Subsec. (b) re allocation of funds between projects and fund, deleted Subdiv. (1) of

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Subsec. (f) re approval by commissioner of preliminary plans and specifications and relettered Subsecs. (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) as Subsecs. (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g)

Sec. 13a-175t. Project loans. Municipal procedures. (a) A municipality may authorize (1) the execution and delivery of project loan agreements; (2) the issuance and sale of project loan obligations to finance its obligations under a project loan agreement; and (3) the issuance and sale of its supplemental project obligations, in accordance with such statutory and other legal requirements as govern the issuance of obligations and the making of contracts by the municipality. Obligations authorized under this section shall be subject to the debt limitation provisions of section 7-374.

(b) The legislative body of a municipality shall hold at least one public hearing on an eligible bridge project, including the authorization of project loan obligations and supplemental project obligations with respect thereto, prior to its vote on the approval or disapproval of the eligible bridge project and the authorization of financing therefore. Notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality not less than five days prior to the day on which such hearing is to be held. For purposes of this subsection, such five-day period shall include the day upon which such notice is first published, and shall include any Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, which may intervene between such publication and the day on which such hearing is held, but shall not include the day upon which such hearing is held.

(c) Each project loan obligation issued pursuant to this section shall bear interest at the rate of 6% per annum payable quarterly, shall mature in such amounts and at such time or times not later than 10 years from the date thereof and shall contain such other terms and provisions as the project loan agreement under which it is issued provides.

(d) Project loan obligations and supplemental project obligations shall be general obligations of the issuing municipality and each such obligation shall recite that the full faith and credit of the issuing municipality are pledged for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon.

(e) Whenever a municipality has authorized the issuance of project loan obligations or supplemental project obligations, it may authorize the issuance of temporary notes in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds from the issuance of its project loan obligations or supplemental project obligations. Such temporary notes may be renewed from time to time by the issuance of other notes, provided that any such renewals shall conform to all legal requirements and limitations applicable thereto, including the requirements and limitations set forth in sections 7-378 and 7-378a.

(f) Except as otherwise provided in this section, project loan obligations, supplemental project obligations and temporary notes issued in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds thereof shall be issued by a municipality in accordance with such statutory and other legal requirements as govern the issuance of such obligations generally by such municipality, including, where applicable, the provisions of chapter 109.

(P.A. 84-254, S. 12, 62.; P.A. 87-224, S. 1, 4.)

History: P.A. 87-224 amended Subsec. (b) by changing the time notice of a hearing is published from at least ten days to not less than five days prior to the day on which the hearing is held, and by defining the five day period.

Sec. 13a-175u. Regulations. The commissioner shall adopt such regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 as may be necessary to give effect to and carry out the purposes of sections 13a-175p to 13a-175t, inclusive.

(P.A. 84-254, S. 13, 62.)

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Sec. 13a-175v. Interlocal Agreements. If an eligible bridge is located or maintained by more than one municipality, the municipalities owning such eligible bridge may enter into an interlocal agreement concerning such eligible bridge. Such interlocal agreement may provide, among other things, that one municipality shall be responsible for undertaking and completing an eligible bridge project, maintaining such eligible bridge project, applying for a project loan or a project grant, or both, for such eligible bridge project and repaying a project loan for such eligible bridge project. A municipality is authorized to enter into such an interlocal agreement by vote of its legislative body and the provisions of sections 7-339a to 7-3391, inclusive, shall not be applicable to such interlocal agreement. Any such agreement entered into prior to May 27, 1987, is validated.

(P.A. 87-224, S. 2, 4.)

Sec. 13a-175w. Eligibility of municipality which enter into interlocal agreement for project loan or grant. In any case in which an eligible bridge is owned or maintained by more than one municipality and such municipalities enter into or have entered into an interlocal agreement authorized by section 13a-175v, the commissioner may deem the municipality which has agreed pursuant to such interlocal agreement to undertake, complete and maintain an eligible bridge project to be the only municipality eligible for a project grant or a project loan, or both, concerning such eligible bridge project and the commissioner may make a project loan or project grant, or both, to such municipality without regard to the ownership or other interests of any other municipality in such eligible bridge.

(P.A. 87-224, S. 3, 4.)

Secs. 13a-175x to 13a-175z. Reserved for future use.

CGS SECTION 13A-86A (FORMERLY PA 97-214) Sec. 13a-86a. Geometric design standards for bridges, exceptions. Factors re bridge

rehabilitation or new construction. Development or construction of projects by municipal governments. Immunity from liability. (a) In the event site conditions, environmental factors, engineering factors or considerations of community standards and custom would reasonably allow for a departure from the standards for geometric design with respect to bridges established by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials or by the Department of Transportation, the department may approve exceptions to such standards without waivers.

(b) In choosing between the rehabilitation of an existing bridge and the construction of a new bridge, whether on the existing location or on a new location, the department and any affected municipality shall weigh the following factors: (1) The functional classification of the highway; (2) the load capacity and geometric constraints of the bridge within its existing footprint and the

availability of alternative routes; (3) the comparative long-term costs, risks and benefits of rehabilitation and new construction; (4) the requirements of state standards for geometric design; (5) disruption to homes and businesses; (6) environmental impacts; (7) the potential effects on the local and state economies; (8) cost-effectiveness;

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(9) mobility; (10) safety, as determined by factors such as accident history for motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists;

and (11) the impact on the historic, scenic and aesthetic values of the municipality in which the bridge is or

may be located.

(c) The department shall implement policies and programs to allow municipal governments to develop projects or construct projects, or both, in consultation with the department, in accordance with federal laws and regulations if federal funds are used.

(d) The state or a municipality, any state or municipal agency or any employee thereof or any engineer retained in connection with a bridge project shall not be liable for any injury or damage to any person or property caused by the selection of design standards that enable an existing bridge, which was initially constructed not less than twenty-five years prior to the effective date of this act, to be repaired or rehabilitated in substantially the same configuration that existed before such repair or rehabilitation, provided nothing in this subsection shall be construed to relieve the state, any municipality or any person from liability under section 13a-144 or 13a-149 of the general statutes arising out of structural or design defects in any such bridge or negligence in the maintenance, repair or rehabilitation of any such bridge.

(P.A. 97-214, S. 1.)

PUBLIC ACT 87-584 (TOWN BRIDGE STUDY)

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE AND ESTABLISHING A LOCAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TRUST FUND

Sec. 15. The Department of Transportation shall conduct a state-wide study of town roads and bridges in which the Department shall evaluate and catalog the following:

(1) The age of such roads and bridges; (2) the physical condition of such roads and bridges; (3) the present and future use of such roads and bridges; and (4) the cost of repairing, reconstructing and maintaining such roads and bridges. The Department of Transportation shall provide each municipality in the state with the information collected by the department while cataloging and evaluating such roads and bridges. The Department of Transportation shall, on the basis of such information, recommend a priority list of town road and reconstruction projects. The Department shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the governor and the joint standing committees of the general assembly on finance, revenue and bonding and on transportation on or before January 15, 1988.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 13a-99. Towns to build and repair highways and bridges. Towns shall, within their

respective limits, build and repair all necessary highways and bridges, and all highways to ferries as far as the low water mark of the waters over which the ferries pass, except when such duty belongs to some particular person. Any town, at its annual meeting, may provide for the repair of its highways for periods

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not exceeding five years and, if any town fails to so provide at such meeting, the selectmen may provide for such repairs for a period not exceeding one year.

(1949 Rev., S. 2117; 1958 Rev., S. 13-2; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 99.)

History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history.

When towns are liable to maintain bridges on turnpike roads. 4 D. 198; 1 C. 1. Town to maintain road in borough, formerly turnpike. 25 C. 86. Town and turnpike company not both liable to maintain same road. 27 C. 48. Herbage in a highway belongs to the landowner. 28 C. 165. Dedication of highway provable by public use. 29 C. 157; 31 C. 308. Towns have no duty or power to build bridges between this and adjoining states. 29 C. 356. City of Hartford liable for defective sidewalks. 30 C. 118. No municipal corporation obliged to lay out or maintain highways except by statute. 31 C. 213. Legislature may create highway district out of several towns. 170 U. S. 309. Admissibility of evidence that others safely crossed ice. 33 C. 57. Highway surveyor may widen roadway within highway limits. 36 C. 165. Municipalities may remove earth from one highway to another. 38 C. 50. Municipalities not liable for negligence in public duty to repair highways. 38 C. 90; 71 C. 686. Dedication of a system of highways; loss of public rights by laches. 40 C. 410. Town cannot divert spring in highway for watering trough. 44 C. 521. Town liable for nuisance caused in doing lawful act. 45 C. 550; 47 C. 314. Town may change form of dedicated highway. 50 C. 259. Town voluntarily operating drawbridge liable for negligence. 63 C. 587. History of law; duty to repair applies to highways by dedication. 74 C. 360. Care of streets is a governmental duty; no liability except by statute. 74 C. 573; 79 C. 94; 81 C. 392. History of exception where duty belongs to some particular person. 75 C. 695. Of sidewalk, as part of highway. 76 C. 105. See 71 C. 655; 77 C. 307; 80 C. 296. This section measures the liability imposed by section 13a-149. 81 C. 68; 89 C. 30. Building new roadway several feet above old one not repairing. 75 C. 271. Municipality cannot enter private property to abate conditions there which tend to create defect. 80 C. 291. Discretion of municipality as to methods to be used. 79 C. 94. This section does not apply to state aid or trunk line highways. 94 C. 594. Town is under duty to maintain roadway of bridge over railroad, although railroad is obliged to maintain superstructure of bridge. 100 C. 437. Does not apply to defect caused by opening in street made by trolley company in repairing its roadbed. 103 C. 121; id., 605. See note to Sec. 13a-149. Town's obligation for sidewalks not modified by section 13a-144. 109 C. 336. Where town builds road under section 13a-173 as a contractor with the state, jury may reasonably find it entered contract for special benefit and pecuniary profit, thereby depriving itself of governmental immunity from liability. 120 C. 148. Cited. 121 C. 616; 124 C. 344; 160 C. 295. Cited. 193 C. 589. Cited. 226 C. 684, 695. Cited. 12 CA 153, 157. Cited. 29 CA 18, 24, 25.

City becomes responsible for condition of highways when town and city consolidate. 3 CS 418. Cited. 4 CS 401; 5 CS 193. Duty of New Haven not impaired by special act 576 of 1937. 8 CS 204. Cited. 25 CS 305; 27 CS 469, 472.

Sec. 13a-100. Expense of bridges between towns. Necessary bridges between towns, except when otherwise specially provided by law, shall be built and kept in repair by such towns, and the expense thereof shall be apportioned between them according to the total revenue received yearly from direct taxation in each of such towns, as averaged for the three fiscal years next preceding.

(1949 Rev., S. 2119; 1958 Rev., S. 13-4; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 100.)

History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history.

What constitutes a bridge. 26 C. 583; 44 C. 25; 64 C. 568.

Sec. 13a-101. Bridges over artificial watercourses. Any bridge or passageway over any artificial watercourse on a highway which it is not the duty of the commissioner to maintain shall be constructed and maintained by the person owning or controlling such watercourse and shall be of such width and carrying capacity as are approved by the board of selectmen of the town, provided, if at any time the board of selectmen finds that any such existing bridge or passageway has become insufficient to permit the traveling public to use it with safety, the board of selectmen shall cause such bridge or passageway to be reconstructed so as to make it sufficient or shall cause a new sufficient bridge or passageway to be constructed. The town and the person owning or controlling the watercourse shall each pay an equitable portion of the cost of reconstructing such existing bridge or passageway or of constructing a new sufficient bridge or passageway, which equitable apportionment shall be based upon the respective needs of the town and the person for such change in such bridge or passageway, and the board of selectmen is authorized to enter into an agreement with such person determining the portion to be paid by each, provided, if the board of selectmen and such person cannot agree upon an equitable apportionment of such cost, either may apply to the superior court in the judicial district within which such bridge or

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passageway is situated, or, if said court is not in session, to any judge thereof, for a determination of the portion of the cost to be borne by each, and said court or such judge, after causing notice of the pendency of such application to be given to the other party, shall appoint a state referee to make such determination. Such referee, having given at least ten days' notice to the parties interested of the time and place of the hearing, shall hear both parties, shall view the bridge or passageway and take such testimony as such referee deems material, and shall thereupon determine the portion of the cost to be borne by each and forthwith report to the court. If the report is accepted by the court, such determination shall, subject to right of appeal as in civil actions, be conclusive upon both parties.

(1949 Rev., S. 2200; 1951, S. 1192d; 1957, P.A. 211, S. 1; 1958 Rev., S. 13-9; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 101; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127.)

History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 78-280 substituted "judicial district" for "county".

See Sec. 13a-90 re bridges over artificial watercourses which Transportation Commissioner is responsible for maintaining.

Sec. 13a-102. Court may direct construction or repair of bridge. When any town neglects to construct or repair a bridge across a river in a highway in such town, or when it is necessary to construct or repair any such bridge between towns or judicial districts and the towns liable therefor neglect, or do not agree, to construct or repair it, the superior court of the judicial district in which either town is situated, on complaint of any person, and legal notice given to the town liable for such construction or repairs, shall inquire by itself or committee into the public necessity and convenience thereof; and, if no sufficient reason is shown to the contrary, and such town or towns do not undertake to construct or repair such bridge within such time as the court directs, it may appoint some suitable person to do the same; and the expense thereof, being allowed by said court, shall be paid by such town or towns. Said court or such committee may estimate the damages, if any, sustained by any person or corporation by the construction of such bridge, due notice having been given to such person or corporation to appear and be heard, and, upon return of the report of any such committee into court, the same proceedings may be had in regard to such report and damages as are provided in sections 13a-52 to 13a-72, inclusive, for persons interested in laying out or altering a highway, in regard to remonstrance and reassessment of damages.

(1949 Rev., S. 2123; 1958 Rev., S. 13-7; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 102; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 4, 127.)

History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 78-280 substituted "judicial district(s)" for "county(ies)".

State's attorney cannot complain. 9 C. 32.

Sec. 13a-105. Contracts for highway construction. When any town has determined to construct or reconstruct any highway, section of highway or bridge, which construction or reconstruction is to be paid for from funds allotted to such town under the provisions of sections 13a-175a to 13a-175h, inclusive, and the commissioner has entered into an agreement with the selectmen of such town, as provided by sections 13a-175e and 13a-175f, said commissioner shall call for bids and award a contract for such construction or reconstruction in the manner provided by section 13a-95, except that, if, in the opinion of said commissioner, it is to the best interest of the state and such town, he may award to such town a contract for such construction or reconstruction upon such terms and conditions as he determines, provided the estimated unit prices under any contract so awarded shall not be in excess of ten per cent more than the average unit prices prevailing during the preceding twelve months for similar work in the state and provided such town shall have authorized the selectmen to enter into such contract in the name and on behalf of such town. Nothing in this section shall be construed to eliminate the use of force account work for the repair of town aid highways. The commissioner may, subject to the approval of the selectmen or legislative body of such town, enter into an agreement with a third party for additional construction or reconstruction works when requested to do so by such third party, provided such third party shall, immediately upon certification by the commissioner, pay to the State Treasurer the full cost to the state of such additional construction or reconstruction works. If under such agreement such

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additional construction or reconstruction works are carried out by such third party, they shall conform with all requirements and regulations of such town and such as may be prescribed by the commissioner.

(1949 Rev., S. 2178; 1958 Rev., S. 13-65; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 105; 1967, P.A. 701, S. 11; 1971, P.A. 582, S. 1.)

History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1967 act corrected obsolete statutory references; 1971 act added provisions re agreements between commissioner and third party for additional construction or reconstruction work.

Sec. 13a-106. Competitive bids not required when material available at price acceptable to commissioner. When any town highway is maintained, improved, constructed or reconstructed on a force account basis by expenditure of funds allocated under sections 13a-175a to 13a-175h, inclusive, the furnishing of gravel, sand or wood posts by competitive bids under section 4a-57 shall not be required when suitable material, meeting Department of Transportation specifications, is available to the town at a unit price acceptable to the commissioner.

(1953, S. 1184d; 1958 Rev., S. 13-66; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 106; 1967, P.A. 701, S. 12; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 89.)

History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1967 act changed obsolete statutory references; 1969 act substituted commissioner and department of transportation for highway commissioner and department.

Sec. 13a-109. Apportionment of cost for work on bridge. The commissioner or any municipality or other person who has performed any work on any bridge for a portion of the cost of which any other municipality or person is liable shall, within thirty days after the completion of such work, mail to each person liable for a portion of the cost of such work a statement of the total cost of such work, showing the proportionate share assessed against each interested party, and such amount assessed against each interested party shall thereupon become due and, if not paid within thirty days, shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum and shall be collectible in an action at law brought to the superior court for the judicial district wherein such bridge is located.

(1949 Rev., S. 2273; 1958 Rev., S. 13-129; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 109; P.A. 78-280, S. 24, 127.)

History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 78-280 substituted superior court for "any court of competent jurisdiction" and "judicial district" for "county".

That county or town has no money in its treasury, no defense against action to recover amount due. 70 C. 437.

Sec. 13a-111. Railings on bridges and highways. The party bound to maintain any bridge or highway shall erect and maintain a sufficient railing or fence on the sides of such bridge and on the sides of such parts of such road as are so made or raised above the ground as to be unsafe for travel. The specifications for railings or fences on state highways or bridges required to be erected and maintained pursuant to this section shall be constructed equal to, or better than, the current specifications and policies approved by the Commissioner of Transportation for the installation and maintenance of roadside appurtenances. A railing or fence that is reasonably maintained under said specifications shall be deemed sufficient under the provisions of this section.

(1961, P.A. 43; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 111; P.A. 98-182, S. 14, 22.)

History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 98-182 deleted the requirement for the commissioner to promulgate regulations, required the specifications for railings or fences to be constructed equal to or better than current specifications and policies, effective July 1, 1998.

See Sec. 13a-152 re damages for failure to maintain railing or fence.

Annotations to former statute: Proof of compliance with former provision deemed to raise conclusive presumption defendant discharged duty. 122 C. 99. Standard not generally applicable; applies only to highways specified. 129 C. 700.

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Sec. 13a-121. Notice of load capacity; appeal. When the load-carrying capacity of any bridge on any highway is such that it will not carry safely any vehicle or combination of vehicle and trailer or semitrailer or any other object within the limits of the weights specified in section 14-267a, the authority having control of such bridge shall maintain notice at each end of such bridge legible at a distance of fifty feet, stating the maximum weight of vehicle which such bridge will carry safely. Any person may appeal from the restriction of the use of such bridge under the provisions of section 13a-89.

(1949 Rev., S. 2186; 1955, S. 1189d; 1958 Rev., S. 13-73; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 121; P.A. 79-188, S. 3, 10.)

History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 79-188 substituted Sec. 14-267a for reference to repealed Sec. 14-268.

See Sec. 13a-88 re load capacity of bridges. See Sec. 13a-151 re violation of load capacity of bridge. See Sec. 14-269 re exemptions from weight restrictions for certain vehicles engaged in construction work.

When read with section 14-222 amounts to a penal statute. Where there was no evidence that the sign on the bridge was legible for fifty feet, the defendants were not proved guilty of reckless driving beyond a reasonable doubt. 24 CS 155.

Sec. 13a-149. Damages for injuries by means of defective roads and bridges. Any person injured in person or property by means of a defective road or bridge may recover damages from the party bound to keep it in repair. No action for any such injury sustained on or after October 1, 1982, shall be brought except within two years from the date of such injury. No action for any such injury shall be maintained against any town, city, corporation or borough, unless written notice of such injury and a general description of the same, and of the cause thereof and of the time and place of its occurrence, shall, within ninety days thereafter be given to a selectman or the clerk of such town, or to the clerk of such city or borough, or to the secretary or treasurer of such corporation. If the injury has been caused by a structure legally placed on such road by a railroad company, it, and not the party bound to keep the road in repair, shall be liable therefor. No notice given under the provisions of this section shall be held invalid or insufficient by reason of an inaccuracy in describing the injury or in stating the time, place or cause of its occurrence, if it appears that there was no intention to mislead or that such town, city, corporation or borough was not in fact misled thereby.

(1949 Rev., S. 2126; 1951, S. 1180d; 1958 Rev., S. 13-11; 1959, P.A. 372; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 149; P.A. 76-222, S. 2; P.A. 82-5; P.A. 86-338, S. 14.)

History: 1959 act extended time for giving notice of injury due to snow and ice from ten to thirty days; 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 76-222 changed deadline for notice to town officer from sixty to ninety days after injury and deleted special provision re injury from defect caused by ice and/or snow; P.A. 82-5 required that actions for injuries sustained on or after October 1, 1982, be brought within two years of the injury; P.A. 86-338 deleted provision which exempted an injured person from the requirement of giving written notice if an action is commenced by complaint setting forth the same information as required in the notice within the time limited for the giving of such notice.

See Sec. 7-163a re municipal liability for ice and snow on public sidewalks. See Sec. 7-308 re municipalities' assumption of liability for damages caused by firemen.

Historical review of law. 75 C. 694; 81 C. 68. Nature of liability. 66 C. 360; 71 C. 686; 75 C. 291; 84 C. 657; 103 C. 605; 104 C. 88; 108 C. 555. Elements necessary to support recovery. 81 C. 66; 104 C. 87; 108 C. 555. Purpose of law is protection of travelers. 81 C. 393; 88 C. 151. One departing from traveled way for his own convenience cannot recover. 80 C. 154; 91 C. 542. Statute does not apply to wrongful exclusion from highway. 76 C. 311. One whose negligence contributes to injury cannot recover. 66 C. 36; 79 C. 42; 82 C. 527; 86 C. 506; 89 C. 24; 98 C. 86; 103 C. 605. One may use highway little traveled. 66 C. 36. Stumbling as excuse. 70 C. 554. Plaintiff's use of defective materials in himself repairing bridge. 22 C. 290. Carrying too heavy a load. 47 C. 73; 91 C. 542. Accident or negligence of fellow traveler contributing to injury. 40 C. 238; 71 C. 697; 75 C. 291; 81 C. 241; 86 C. 506; 104 C. 88. Illegal act of person injured as debarring remedy. 82 C. 663. No liability for consequential damage. 17 C. 475; 66 C. 360. Evidence as to damage. 74 C. 475. Allegation of injury to person and property joinable in one count. 22 C. 290. Plaintiff may prove his peril and danger to enhance his damages. 22 C. 290; 27 C. 300. Special damage must be alleged. 43 C. 565. Basis of damages; when punitive allowed. 24 C. 491; 47 C. 74. Injury from branch of tree falling in road not recoverable; 34 C. 9; 85 C. 128; so from weight falling from flagpole. 34 C. 136. Open basement descent held not a defect in sidewalk. 50 C. 536. Nuisance distinguished; 48 C. 220; so defect in plan of street. 69 C. 353; 81 C. 67. Excavation outside limits of highway. 89 C. 24. Reasonable obstructions not defects. 73 C. 199; 75 C. 349; 76 C. 311; 78 C. 145; 82 C. 527; 89 C. 343. Objects calculated to frighten horses. 30 C. 129; 39 C. 381; id., 435. Whether defect exists is question of fact. 37 C. 414; 118 C. 288; 128 C. 272; but see 124 C. 285. Duty extends to highway actually in use; 78 C. 62;

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highways by dedication; 31 C. 308; 72 C. 231; 73 C. 359; id., 576; 74 C. 360; abandonment of road by turnpike company. 46 C. 216. Defects in bridges; 1 R. 270; id., 448; 2 R. 436; where turnpike company has been dissolved; 18 C. 32; dangerous draw; 69 C. 651; burden of proof. 24 C. 491. Ice and snow on highway. 48 C. 467; 49 C. 134. Sidewalks. 30 C. 118; 40 C. 377; id., 406; id., 456; 78 C. 396; 79 C. 44; ice thereon. 37 C. 615; 44 C. 117; 51 C. 412; 104 C. 85. Knowledge of defect; 94 C. 542; when presumed; 39 C. 228; 40 C. 375; 72 C. 672; 79 C. 385; 89 C. 24; 118 C. 288; 128 C. 272; where defendant itself causes defect; 40 C. 460; 67 C. 434; 98 C. 85; knowledge of policeman; 70 C. 115; 94 C. 692; 118 C. 288; knowledge question of fact; 30 C. 118; 94 C. 693; 104 C. 94; no liability for secret defects. 27 C. 300. Extent of protection required; degree of care. 27 C. 300; 78 C. 396; 79 C. 385; 80 C. 291; 82 C. 530; crosswalks. 79 C. 659. Duty to provide against results of fright of ordinarily gentle horse. 75 C. 288. Duty to erect fence; section 13a-111 distinguished. 75 C. 288; 81 C. 65; 89 C. 24; 105 C. 361. Duty to give warning of dangerous conditions. 36 C. 320; 37 C. 298; 67 C. 428; 69 C. 103; 70 C. 122. Failure in duty question of fact. 39 C. 439; 46 C. 218; 67 C. 433; 69 C. 354; 72 C. 680; 75 C. 289; 85 C. 693. Statutory notice; necessity; 66 C. 387; 81 C. 274; id., 287; in case of railway bound to repair; 54 C. 9; 64 C. 381; 75 C. 693; see 74 C. 475; waiver of notice; 46 C. 61; action may lie at common law, and then notice not necessary; 84 C. 349; id., 654; 94 C. 231; giving of notice must be alleged in complaint; 81 C. 274; 85 C. 221; 106 C. 62; sufficiency of notice. 46 C. 264; 50 C. 497; 51 C. 421; 53 C. 212; 58 C. 45; 59 C. 219, 225; 63 C. 268; 64 C. 376; 67 C. 437; 72 C. 673; 73 C. 312; 74 C. 437; 81 C. 300; 86 C. 45; 91 C. 181; 92 C. 552; 98 C. 312. Liability of turnpike company; 7 C. 86; of town for defect in borough; 40 C. 205; of borough; 65 C. 311; 77 C. 308; of city. 74 C. 360; 80 C. 296; 85 C. 693. Town not liable where some other party is. 75 C. 693. Platform extending into highway; nuisance. 98 C. 524. Action by town against person causing defect. 74 C. 152; 91 C. 255. Abutting owner not liable for defect in sidewalk. 48 C. 532; 102 C. 401; 108 C. 200. Action against both town and railway. 79 C. 379; 103 C. 121. Railroad "structures." 46 C. 217; 50 C. 216; 54 C. 589; 74 C. 475. Several defects may be alleged in one complaint; 72 C. 667; amending complaint after hearing in damages. 69 C. 554. Burden of proof. 86 C. 506. Admissibility of evidence that others safely crossed sidewalk. 33 C. 57; 89 C. 24. Admissibility of evidence of condition of sidewalk before accident. 104 C. 95. See note to section 13a-99. Liability of municipality where alleged defect is caused by negligence of licensee excavating under a permit. 92 C. 367. Municipality's right of recovery over does not accrue until its liability has been finally adjudicated. Id., 667. Negligence of municipality in allowing minor defect to exist is a question of fact. Id., 365. Snow and ice on sidewalk. 93 C. 548; id., 625; knowledge of city must consist of knowledge of precise defect. Id., 628. Obligation of street railway company operating on trunk line highway. 94 C. 237. Right of town to remove shade tree in highway but outside traveled part. Id., 439. How great a part of width must be kept open for travel; covered tile drain near side of road giving way under weight of motor truck. Id., 538. Limitations of doctrine of no liability for error in plan. Id., 539. Liability of state for defect in trunk line highway is same as that of town in an ordinary road; id., 542; 105 C. 359; and likewise in case of state aid highway. Id., 596. Silent policeman not itself a defect, but may become so if allowed to remain out of position. Id., 694. Excavation in traveled part of highway; contributory negligence where accident happens in sunlight. 98 C. 84. Evidence of other accidents to show municipality's knowledge. 94 C. 693. Ten- day notice required where automobile runs into pile of ice and snow. 96 C. 7; Contributory negligence in having defective lights on automobile. Id. Whether defect counted on in complaint is same as that described in statutory notice is a question for the court. 98 C. 314. Embankment six feet from traveled part of highway may be a defect. 105 C. 361. Tree protruding over traveled part of road. 106 C. 63. Definition of defect in highway. 106 C. 63; id., 380. Fire hose left across sidewalk to guard against rekindling of fire not a defect. Id., 381. Complaint containing allegations showing notice was not given within statutory period is demurrable. Id., 394. Whether period for giving notice runs before existence of injury could be known, quaere. Id., 394. Whether shoulders of road are within "traveled portion of highway," quaere. 108 C. 196. Abutting owner's liability for nuisance on sidewalk or in proximity thereto. Id., 200. Action against both abutting owner and municipality. Id. Indemnification of city of New Haven by abutting owner under special charter provision. Id., 70. When act of third party in sanding sidewalk inures to benefit of municipality. Id., 559. State not liable for defect in sidewalk on side of trunk line highway within town. 109 C. 336. Town has no duty to keep in repair shoulders of state highway used by public as footpath. 130 C. 84. Remedy for injuries caused by snow and ice on sidewalk is against city, not abutting owner. 123 C. 453. City not liable for nuisance where sidewalk on grade became dangerous only when icy and city could do nothing practicable by way of construction to make it more safe. 120 C. 499. Duty of city is not to exercise reasonable care to make streets entirely safe, but only to make them reasonably safe. 116 C. 568; 124 C. 284. Failure to warn or safeguard against danger from flagstone upheaved by hurricane constituted violation of statutory duty, when city had ample means and opportunity. 128 C. 483. What constitutes a defect; small cavity at edge of walk not. 124 C. 283. Hidden defect; constructive notice and duty of city to inspect. 128 C. 464. Placing of catch basin and cover is a governmental function but if they create condition rendering street not reasonably safe for public travel, they may be defect within statute. 109 C. 324, 327; 118 C. 427. Unsafe wall abutting sidewalk is not defect within statute. 109 C. 668. Liability is not based on negligence, but on breach of statutory duty; section 52-114 does not apply. 119 C. 479; 133 C. 246. Statute affords exclusive remedy for defects due to neglect rather than positive act of municipality, whether or not defect is a nuisance; apart from statute, municipality is liable for condition it created by positive act on highway amounting to nuisance. 126 C. 402; 131 C. 691; 133 C. 245. Jury to say if municipality should make fence sufficient to guard against skidding; effect on duty of city of failure of railway company to make rails safe. 129 C. 699. Defect must be sole and essential cause of injury; if negligence of plaintiff's intestate or of third party is also a proximate cause, no recovery. 118 C. 480; 124 C. 463. Where injury is result of defect combined with accident or natural cause, municipality is liable unless accident or natural cause was so direct and separate as to be sole proximate cause. 119 C. 168. Fundamental test is whether defect was sole cause in producing damage. Where plaintiff slipped on ice which had filled up long-existing defect, city not liable on ground defect was cause of plaintiff's fall. 130 C. 410; 131 C. 239. Municipality not liable for negligence in performing function of construction and maintenance, but for defective condition which is proximate cause of injury. 131 C. 239. City not liable where maintenance of nuisance by or negligence of another is a proximate cause of injury which concurred with sidewalk defect to bring it about. 134 C. 89. Notice of defect may be imputed to city after passage of time. 118 C. 288; 128 C.

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272. Length of time defect in sidewalk must have existed in order to charge municipality with notice is question of fact. 131 C. 239. Statute cited. 110 C. 77; 115 C. 385; id., 716; 121 C. 613; 124 C. 677; 128 C. 710; 129 C. 259; 132 C. 395. Action for death due to highway defect survives; not a penal statute within meaning of section 52-599. 22 C. 80. Whether notices of injury were served and whether they were intended to be or were misleading to city are questions of fact. 113 C. 145. Purpose and elements of notice; entire absence of general description of injury is fatal. 120 C. 577. "Do not know full extent of my injuries" is insufficient description. 123 C. 685. "Got hurt" insufficient. 127 C. 711. Notice alleging "bruises on other parts of legs and body" inaccurate, but not a total failure of description preventing recovery for fracture of spine. 131 C. 430. Notice that decedent fell "upon a sidewalk of a highway known as North Elm Street" is insufficient. 117 C. 70. Notice failing entirely to state cause of injury is invalid; knowledge of facts by officers of city will not obviate necessity of compliance with statute. 117 C. 401. Notice giving cause as "defective sidewalk," without describing defect, is sufficient. 123 C. 152. Special law validating defective notice held constitutional. 124 C. 183. Sixty-day notice held not a condition precedent where action was based on negligence of railroad company at common law in permitting dangerous condition on bridge. 126 C. 558. Section applies to highway by dedication; common convenience and necessity with respect to establishment of highway reviewed. 130 C. 298. Duty of plaintiff to recite statutory notice given in complaint or to annex it thereto. 134 C. 569. Defect not too slight as matter of law to justify an award of damages. Where hole was made and maintained by state, failure of city to repair was not sole proximate cause. 134 C. 686. Bottle of syrup on walk for forty- five minutes does not warrant finding of constructive notice. 134 C. 694. Whether a condition of highway constitutes defect must be determined in each case upon the basis of its particular circumstances. 135 C. 469. From photographs of raised flagstone in sidewalk and other evidence, jury might reasonably have found that defendant had notice of defect. 135 C. 473. Elapsed time insufficient as a matter of law to sustain a finding of constructive notice and an opportunity of remedying the condition. 135 C. 484. Sidewalk within boundaries of state highway. Where there was no finding that sidewalk was constructed by state it was held that, as between town and state, the town was liable for plaintiff's injuries. 135 C. 619. When city assumes control of sidewalks it must exercise reasonable care to keep them in a reasonably safe condition. 136 C. 553. Cited. 137 C. 288. Statute is designed to protect travelers only; provides no right of recovery to an abutting landowner for damage from a defective highway. 138 C. 116. Cited. 138 C. 367; 139 C. 256; 140 C. 279. Constructive notice. 141 C. 126. Cited. 144 C. 282. Breach of duty on part of municipality must be shown. 144 C. 739. Special act of state legislature validating notice given municipality does not constitute breach of cooperation clause in insurance policy by municipality. 145 C. 368. Unlike most negligence actions, plaintiff has burden of proving due care for action brought under this statute. 147 C. 149. If certain portions of street are devoted to purpose other than travel, travelers leaving way provided for them and attempting to cross such reserved portions may not assume such portions are free from danger or unusual conditions. 148 C. 349. Ordinarily the length of time a defect in a sidewalk must exist in order to charge a municipality with notice of its existence is a question of fact. 148 C. 548. Defect must have existed for such a length of time that the city was charged with notice of it and had a reasonable opportunity to remedy the defect. Id. What constitutes defect discussed. 150 C. 514. Where statutory notice relied solely on accumulated water, as distinguished from snow and ice, as the claimed defective condition and cause of the accident, and plaintiff testified that he actually lost control of his car on a film of ice, he cannot recover from the city. 151 C. 343. Cited. 153 C. 439; 159 C. 150. Cited. 162 C. 295. Cited. 167 C. 509. Overhanging tree limb which did not obstruct or hinder travel was not a "defect" in the highway. 177 C. 268−270. Cited. 183 C. 473, 475. Sec. 52-572h does not apply to actions for personal injuries based on this statute; liability of defendant under statute is for breach of statutory duty and does not arise from negligence. 184 C. 205, 206, 212. Cited. 186 C. 229, 234; Id., 300, 305; Id., 692−695. Special act limiting liability of New Britain could not stand where clear policy statement in this section that municipal liability for damages should not be limited. 193 C. 589, 594, 601. Cited. 196 C. 509, 512. Cited. 211 C. 370, 381. Cited. 213 C. 307, 316, 325. Cited. Id., 446, 477. P.A. 86-338 cited. 214 C. 1, 6, 7. Cited. Id. Cited. 218 C. 1, 5. Cited. 219 C. 179, 184−186, 190−192, 196−198, 201, 203; Id., 641−644. Cited. 224 C. 23, 27. Cited. 225 C. 177−185. P.A. 86- 338, tort reform act of 1986, cited. Id. Cited. Id., 217, 219−223. P.A. 86-338, tort reform act of 1986, cited. Id. Cited. 226 C. 282, 293, 294; Id., 757, 767. Section does not bar an employer from seeking reimbursement under Sec. 31-293(a). 231 C. 370, 371, 373−378. Cited. 235 C. 408, 409, 412. Cited. 240 C. 105. P.A. 86-338 cited. Id. In order for liability to obtain under this section, defendant must have notice of an actual defect and not merely notice of potential defects or conditions likely to create a defect. 246 C. 638.

In action pursuant to this section costs may be taxed against a defendant municipality. 4 CA 30, 32. Savings clause of section must be pleaded and evidence introduced to prove its elements. Id., 315, 317. Cited. 5 CA 104, 105. Cited. 8 CA 169, 173. Cited. 11 CA 1−4, 7, 9. Cited. 15 CA 185, 187. Cited. Id., 668, 669, 675. Cited. 16 CA 213, 215, 216, 221. Cited. 21 CA 633, 635, 640, 642. Cited. 25 CA 67−70, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81. Cited. 26 CA 407−411, 413; Id., 534−538. Cited. 27 CA 487, 488, 490, 492. Cited. 28 CA 449−452, 454, 455, 457. Cited. 29 CA 565, 572; judgment reversed, see 228 C. 358 et seq. Cited. Id., 791, 792, 796, 797. Cited. 30 CA 594, 606. Cited. 31 CA 906. Cited. 33 CA 56, 57, 59. Cited. Id., 754, 755, 758, 759. Cited. 36 CA 158, 159. Cited. 38 CA 14, 15, 17, 19. Cited. 39 CA 289, 303−305. Cited. 40 CA 179, 180, 181. Cited. 45 CA 413. Notice provisions discussed. 47 CA 365. Walkway deemed to be road or bridge since it was on public property leading from city street to public school and there was reasonable anticipation that the public would make use of it. Id., 734. Plaintiff could not prevail on claim that because section contains its own limitation period court improperly relied on Sec. 52-584, which is applicable to negligence cases in general; trial court properly determined statute of limitations was not tolled during plaintiff's illness because this section contains no such tolling provision. 48 CA 60.

Cited. 3 CS 12. Section grants right of action. 4 CS 401. Contributory act of another. 4 CS 481. Civil liability of property owner in absence of an ordinance creating it. Id. Complaint based on nuisance. 5 CS 81; id., 268; 16 CS 222. No action at common law in absence of negligence. 5 CS 88. Cited. 5 CS 193. Sidewalk built for travel under normal conditions is devoid of defect. 5 CS 312. Cited. 7 CS 143; id., 297; 9 CS 79; 10 CS 521. Suit against both city and town. 11 CS 114. Cited. 12 CS 267; 283; 309. Action

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against Waterbury must be read with city charter. 14 CS 403. Terms of statute may not be waived. 15 CS 442. Cited. 17 CS 114; 18 CS 501. Governmental immunity not a defense to action under this section. 18 CS 124. Cited. 20 CS 142. See note to section 13a-144. Action against city under this section and against another defendant for nuisance can be joined but claim must be in alternative. 22 CS 74, 76. Complaint demurrable where plaintiff did not allege exercise of due care. 22 CS 75; or freedom from contributory negligence. Id., 77. Whether path in public park was part of public highway system and was being used by plaintiff as traveler within meaning of this section are questions of fact to be determined on trial of case. 22 CS 456. Cited. 23 CS 132; 152. Where plaintiff brought action under section 7-465 against local board of education to recover for injuries resulting from school bus accident, held action should have been brought under this section. 25 CS 305. Cited. 26 CS 74. Municipality liable for invisible stop sign. 29 CS 352. Cited. 44 CS 45, 47−52. Notice: What is sufficient. 2 CS 41; 14 CS 365; 18 CS 330; 19 CS 43. Concerning ice and snow. 8 CS 471. Improperly addressed. 5 CS 493; 16 CS 136. Condition precedent to recovery. 7 CS 245. Contents of. 7 CS 379. General description of "defective road." 10 CS 22. How "time" of injury is stated. 12 CS 246. Burden of plaintiff to prove that defective notice was not intended to mislead municipality. 14 CS 106. Requirement not obviated because officer has knowledge of the fact. 15 CS 442. Not required if action based on negligence. 16 CS 222. Commencement of action as alternative to. 17 CS 420. See note to section 13a-152. Dicta that giving of prescribed notice is condition precedent to exercise of right of action. 21 CS 65. Saving clause serves to obviate inaccuracies in description of injuries. Comparison with section 13a-144. 23 CS 113. Redrafted count of complaint, substituted after demurrer, should have alleged requisite notice had been given. 23 CS 147. Purpose of notice requirement. 25 CS 358. Cited. 31 CS 442. Cited. 44 CS 389. Statute applied to the City of New Haven. 2 CS 41; 4 CS 401, 481; 5 CS 88, 193, 312; 6 CS 44, 491; 7 CS 245, 297; 9 CS 79; 29 CS 75. A malfunctioning traffic light is a defect in the highway. 29 CS 108. Although a notice will not be held invalid because of inaccuracy in describing the cause of the injury, where there is in effect no cause of injury stated the notice is invalid. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 644, 647.

Sec. 13a-175f. Purchase of materials by Transportation Department and towns. Commissioner to test materials. The Commissioner of Transportation upon reasonable request of the selectmen or other authority having charge of highways of any town shall allow such town to join with the department in the purchase of materials used for the laying out, construction, repair, reconstruction or maintenance of any highway or bridge. The commissioner shall conduct such tests as are necessary to insure the quality of such materials.

(1967, P.A. 701, S. 9; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 118; P.A. 81-463, S. 4, 10.)

History: 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 81-463 repealed requirement that the commissioner, upon request of a town, furnish supervision, inspectors and engineers for purposes connected with the laying out, construction and maintenance of highways and bridges and added provisions requiring the commissioner to perform quality testing of materials used for such purposes and allowing towns to join with the department in the purchase of such materials.

See Sec. 13b-31 re Transportation Commissioner's authority to furnish supervision, inspectors and engineers to assist towns in highway and bridge projects.

Sec. 13a-175j. Emergency aid for roads, bridges, and dams to repair damage resulting from natural disaster. Any balance of appropriations in excess of that required to be distributed to the towns, under the formulas set forth in sections 13a-175a to 13a-175d, inclusive, as of June 30, 1977, and annually thereafter, may be made available by the Governor, upon application of the selectman or other authority having charge of highways in any town, to be used to defray, in whole or part, the cost of repairs, improvements, alteration or replacement of roads, bridges and dams in such town which, in the opinion of the Governor, with the advice of the Commissioner of Transportation, in the case of roads or bridges, and the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in the case of dams, constitute a threat to public safety as a result of damage resulting from a natural disaster. Any such balance shall not lapse but shall continue to be available and shall not be transferred to the General Fund.

(P.A. 78-182, S. 1, 2.)

Sec. 13b-31. Town highways. The Commissioner of Transportation may, upon application of the selectmen or other authority having charge of highways of any town, furnish supervision, inspectors and engineers for any purpose connected with the laying out, repair, reconstruction or maintenance of any highway or bridge. Any expense incurred in furnishing any such assistance shall be paid by the town to the State Treasurer on certification by the commissioner.

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(1969, P.A. 768, S. 72.)

See Sec. 13a-175f re joint purchase of materials for use in highway or bridge projects by Transportation Department and town.

CGS CHAPTER 467a: FLOOD MANAGEMENT Sec. 25-68b. Definitions. As used in sections 25-68b to 25-68h, inclusive:

(1) "Activity" means any proposed state action in a floodplain or that impacts natural or man-made storm drainage facilities, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Any structure, obstruction or encroachment proposed for emplacement within the floodplain area; (b) any proposal for site development which increases peak runoff rates; (c) any grant or loan which affects land use, land use planning or the disposal of state properties in floodplains, or (d) any program regulating flood flows within the floodplain;

(2) "Base flood" means that flood which has a one per cent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any year, as defined in regulations of the National Flood Insurance Program (44 CFR 59 et seq.) or that flood designated by the commissioner pursuant to section 25-68c. Any flood so designated by the commissioner shall have at least a one per cent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any year. Such flood may be designated as the A or V zones on maps published by the National Flood Insurance Program. The "base flood for a critical activity" means the flood that has at least a .2 per cent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any year. Such flood may be designated as the B zone on maps published for the National Flood Insurance Program;

(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection;

(4) "Critical activity" means any activity, including, but not limited to, the treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste and the siting of hospitals, housing for the elderly, schools or residences, in the .2 per cent floodplain in which the commissioner determines that a slight chance of flooding is too great;

(5) "Floodplain" means that area located within the real or theoretical limits of the base flood or base flood for a critical activity;

(6) "Flood-proofing" means any combination of structural or nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, to water and sanitary facilities, and to structures and their contents;

(7) "Freeboard" means a safety factor, expressed in feet above a calculated flood level, that compensates for unknown factors contributing to flood heights greater than the calculated height, including, but not limited to, ice jams, debris accumulations, wave actions, obstructions of bridge openings and floodways, the effects of urbanization on the hydrology of a watershed, loss of flood storage due to development and sedimentation of a watercourse bed.

(P.A. 84-536, S. 1.)

Sec. 25-68c. Powers and duties of commissioner. The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties under sections 25-68b to 25-68h, inclusive:

(1) To coordinate, monitor and analyze the floodplain management activities of state and local agencies;

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(2) To coordinate flood control projects within the state and be the sole initiator of a flood control project with a federal agency;

(3) To act as the primary contact for federal funds for floodplain management activities sponsored by the state;

(4) To regulate actions by state agencies affecting floodplains except conversion by The University of Connecticut of commercial or office structures to an educational structure;

(5) To designate a repository for all flood data within the state;

(6) To assist municipalities and state agencies in the development of comprehensive floodplain management programs;

(7) To determine the number and location of state-owned structures and uses by the state in the floodplain and to identify measures to make such structures and uses less susceptible to flooding including flood-proofing or relocation;

(8) To mark or post the floodplains within lands owned, leased or regulated by state agencies in order to delineate past and probable flood heights and to enhance public awareness of flood hazards;

(9) To designate the base flood or base flood for a critical activity where no such base flood is designated by the National Flood Insurance Program. The commissioner may add a freeboard factor to any such designation;

(10) To require that any flood control project be designed to provide protection equal to or greater than the base flood.

(P.A. 84-536, S. 2; P.A. 95-230, S. 44, 45.)

History: P.A. 95-230 amended Subdiv. (4) to add exception for The University of Connecticut, effective June 7, 1995.

Sec. 25-68d. Certification of activity or critical activity within or affecting the floodplain. Exemption. (a) No state agency shall undertake an activity or a critical activity within or affecting the floodplain without first obtaining approval from the commissioner of a certification submitted in accordance with subsection (b) or exemption by the commissioner from such approval in accordance with subsection (d).

(b) Any state agency proposing an activity or critical activity within or affecting the floodplain shall submit to the commissioner information certifying that:

(1) The proposal will not obstruct flood flows or result in an adverse increase in flood elevations, significantly affect the storage or flood control value of the floodplains, cause an adverse increase in flood velocities, or an adverse flooding impact upon upstream, downstream or abutting properties, or pose a hazard to human life, health or property in the event of a base flood or base flood for a critical activity;

(2) The proposal complies with the provisions of the National Flood Insurance Program (44 CFR 59 et seq.), and any floodplain zoning requirements adopted by a municipality in the area of the proposal and the requirements for stream channel encroachment lines adopted pursuant to the provisions of section 22a-342;

(3) The agency has acquired, through public or private purchase or conveyance, easements and property in floodplains when the base flood or base flood for a critical activity is elevated above the

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increment authorized by the National Flood Insurance Program or the flood storage loss would cause adverse increases in such base flood flows;

(4) The proposal promotes long-term nonintensive floodplain uses and has utilities located to discourage floodplain development;

(5) The agency has considered and will use to the extent feasible flood-proofing techniques to protect new and existing structures and utility lines, will construct dikes, dams, channel alterations, seawalls, breakwaters or other structures only where there are no practical alternatives and will implement stormwater management practices in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 25-68h; and

(6) The agency has flood forecasting and warning capabilities consistent with the system maintained by the National Weather Service and has a flood preparedness plan.

(c) The commissioner shall make a decision either approving or rejecting a certification within ninety days of receipt of such certification, except that in the case of an exemption any decision shall be made within ninety days of the close of the hearing. If a certification is rejected, the agency shall be entitled to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-176e, 4-177, 4-177c and 4-180.

(d) Any state agency proposing an activity or critical activity within or affecting the floodplain may apply to the commissioner for exemption from the provisions of subsection (b). Such application shall include a statement of the reasons why such agency is unable to comply with said subsection and any other information the commissioner deems necessary. The commissioner, after public notice of the application and an opportunity for a public hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may approve such exemption if he determines that (1) the agency has shown that the activity or critical activity is in the public interest, will not injure persons or damage property in the area of such activity or critical activity, complies with the provisions of the National Flood Insurance Program, and, in the case of a loan or grant, the recipient of the loan or grant has been informed that increased flood insurance premiums may result from the activity or critical activity or (2) in the case of a flood control project, such project meets the criteria of subdivision (1) and is more cost-effective to the state and municipalities than a project constructed to or above the base flood or base flood for a critical activity. Following approval for exemption for a flood control project, the commissioner shall provide notice of the hazards of a flood greater than the capacity of the project design to each member of the legislature whose district will be affected by the project and to the following agencies and officials in the area to be protected by the project: The planning and zoning commission, the inland wetlands agency, the director of civil defense, the conservation commission, the fire department, the police department, the chief elected official and each member of the legislative body, and the regional planning agency. Notice shall be given to the general public by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in each municipality in the area in which the project is to be located.

(e) The failure of any agency to comply with the provisions of this section or any regulations adopted pursuant to section 25-68c shall be grounds for revocation of the approval of the certification.

(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any proposal by the department of transportation for a project within a drainage basin of less than one square mile.

(P.A. 84-536, S. 3; P.A. 88-317, S. 87, 107.)

History: P.A. 88-317 added references in Subsec. (c) to Secs. 4-176e, 4-177c and 4-180, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date.

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proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to section 28-9a or during an emergency declaration or major disaster declaration declared by the President of the United States under Public Law 93-288.

(P.A. 84-536, S. 4.)

Sec. 25-68f. Floodplain designation. Where more than one flood zone has been designated for an area, the most stringent designation shall be used in fulfilling the provisions of sections 25-68b to 25-68h, inclusive.

(P.A. 84-536, S. 5.)

Sec. 25-68g. Immunity. The state, any municipality or any officer or employee thereof shall not be liable for any damage resulting from reliance on any decision made pursuant to section 25-68d.

(P.A. 84-536, S. 6.)

Sec. 25-68h. Regulations. The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of sections 25-68b to 25-68h, inclusive. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, (1) standards for stormwater management and flood flows and (2) procedures for certification or exemption of a proposal in accordance with section 25-68d.

(P.A. 84-536, S. 7.)

WAGES & LABOR Sec. 31-52. Preference to state citizens in construction of public buildings. Enforcement of

violations. (a) In the employment of mechanics, laborers and workmen in the construction, remodeling or repairing of any public building, by the state or any of its agents or by persons contracting therewith, preference shall be given to citizens of the state, and, if they cannot be obtained in sufficient numbers, then to citizens of the United States. Any contractor who knowingly and willfully employs any person in violation of any provision of this subsection shall be fined two hundred dollars for each week or fraction of a week each such person is so employed.

(b) Each contract for the construction or repair of any building under the supervision of the state or any of its agents shall contain the following provisions: "In the employment of labor to perform the work specified herein, preference shall be given to citizens of the United States, who are, and continuously for at least three months prior to the date hereof have been, residents of the labor market area, as established by the Labor Commissioner, in which such work is to be done, and if no such qualified person is available, then to citizens who have continuously resided in the county in which the work is to be performed for at least three months prior to the date hereof, and then to citizens of the state who have continuously resided in the state at least three months prior to the date hereof." In no event shall said provisions be deemed to abrogate or supersede, in any manner, any provision regarding residence requirements contained in a collective bargaining agreement to which the contractor is a party.

(c) No person who receives an award or contract for public works projects from the state, or who receives an order or contract for which a portion of funds is derived from the state, shall knowingly employ nonresidents of the state while residents who may qualify for such work are reasonably available for employment. In the employment of nonresidents, the construction supervisor or construction inspector assigned to the public works project shall verify that the contracting employer, by reasonable efforts, sought to obtain construction job applicants from existing employment sources in Connecticut.

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(d) The agent contracting on behalf of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall investigate promptly any alleged violation of this section or section 31-52a. If said agent finds evidence of such a violation, he shall immediately notify the alleged violator of such evidence and allegations. If the alleged violator fails to take corrective action within one week, or to produce evidence which satisfies said agent that no violation has occurred, said agent shall (1) institute a civil action to recover as liquidated damages for the violation of the contract an amount equal to the wages paid to any employees employed in violation of this section or section 31-52a and cost of suit, including reasonable attorney's fees and (2) notify the office of the state's attorney in the judicial district for the area in which such work was performed so that appropriate criminal action may be instituted against the alleged violator.

(e) In contracts so financed preference in employment shall be given to citizens of the United States or any possession thereof.

(f) Nothing in this section shall abrogate or supersede any provision regarding residence requirements in a collective bargaining agreement to which the contractor is a party.

(1949 Rev., S. 7371; 1967, P.A. 757, S. 1; P.A. 78-280, S. 68, 127; P.A. 83-530, S. 2, 3; 83-552, S. 2; P.A. 97-263, S. 13.)

History: 1967 act clarified provisions and specified that one hundred dollar fine applies for each week or fraction of a week during which a person is employed in violation of Subsec. (a) where previously hundred dollar fine was the maximum fine for each offense, substituted labor market areas for towns under Subsec. (b) and added Subsecs. (c) to (e) re employment of state residents in preference to nonresidents, hiring preference to U.S. citizens and procedure to be followed in investigation of and action on violations; P.A. 78-280 required notification of state's attorney in the appropriate judicial district rather than notification of prosecuting attorney in the appropriate circuit, circuit courts having been abolished pursuant to P.A. 76-436, under Subsec. (d)(2); P.A. 83-530 added a new Subsec. (f) which prohibits this section from abrogating or superseding any residence requirement in a collective bargaining agreement to which the contractor is a party; P.A. 83- 552 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that collective bargaining agreement is not superseded by preference provisions of contract; P.A. 97-263 amended Subsec. (a) to increase amount of fine from one hundred to two hundred dollars.

See Sec. 7-112 re applicability of this section to construction, remodeling, etc. of public buildings by political subdivisions of state.

Commissioner's duty under statute is carried out when he has caused proper preference clause to be inserted in contract. 26 CS 384, 386.

Sec. 31-52a. Residents' preference in work on other public facilities. (a) In the employment of mechanics, laborers or workmen in connection with any public works project, including, but not limited to, construction, remodeling or repairing of any public facility, structure, except public buildings covered by section 31-52, site preparation or site improvement, appurtenances or highways or in preparation or improvement of any land or waterway on or in which a structure is situated or to be constructed by the state or any of its agents or by persons contracting therewith, preference shall be given to persons who are residents of the state, and, if they cannot be obtained in sufficient numbers, then to residents of other states. Nothing herein shall abrogate or supersede any provision regarding residence requirements in a collective bargaining agreement to which the contractor is a party. Any contractor who knowingly and willfully employs any person in violation of any provision of this section shall be fined two hundred dollars for each week or a fraction of a week each such person is employed.

(b) Each contract for any such project covered by this section under the supervision of the state or any of its agents shall contain the following provision: "In the employment of mechanics, laborers or workmen to perform the work specified herein, preference shall be given to residents of the state who are, and continuously for at least six months prior to the date hereof have been, residents of this state, and if no such person is available then to residents of other states."

(1967, P.A. 757, S. 2.)

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Sec. 31-52b. Exceptions. The provisions of sections 31-52 and 31-52a shall not apply where the state or any subdivision thereof may suffer the loss of revenue granted or to be granted from any agency or department of the federal government as a result of said sections or regulative procedures pursuant thereto.

(1967, P.A. 757, S. 3.)

Sec. 31-53. Construction, alteration or repair of public works projects by state or political subdivision; wage rates; certified payroll. Penalties for violations. (a) Each contract for the construction, remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of any public works project by the state or any of its agents, or by any political subdivision of the state or any of its agents, shall contain the following provision: "The wages paid on an hourly basis to any mechanic, laborer or workman employed upon the work herein contracted to be done and the amount of payment or contribution paid or payable on behalf of each such employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in subsection (h) of this section, shall be at a rate equal to the rate customary or prevailing for the same work in the same trade or occupation in the town in which such public works project is being constructed. Any contractor who is not obligated by agreement to make payment or contribution on behalf of such employees to any such employee welfare fund shall pay to each employee as part of his wages the amount of payment or contribution for his classification on each pay day."

(b) Any person who knowingly or willfully employs any mechanic, laborer or workman in the construction, remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of any public works project for or on behalf of the state or any of its agents, or any political subdivision of the state or any of its agents, at a rate of wage on an hourly basis which is less than the rate customary or prevailing for the same work in the same trade or occupation in the town in which such public works project is being constructed, remodeled, refinished, refurbished, rehabilitated, altered or repaired, or who fails to pay the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each such employee to any employee welfare fund, or in lieu thereof to the employee, as provided by subsection (a), shall be fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars but not more than five thousand dollars for each offense and (1) for the first violation, shall be disqualified from bidding on contracts with the state or any political subdivision until the contractor or subcontractor has made full restitution of the back wages owed to such persons and for an additional six months thereafter and (2) for subsequent violations, shall be disqualified from bidding on contracts with the state or any political subdivision until the contractor or subcontractor has made full restitution of the back wages owed to such persons and for not less than an additional two years thereafter. In addition, if it is found by the contracting officer representing the state or political subdivision thereof that any mechanic, laborer or workman employed by the contractor or any subcontractor directly on the site for the work covered by the contract has been or is being paid a rate of wages less than the rate of wages required by the contract to be paid as required by this section, the state or contracting political subdivision thereof may (A) by written notice to the contractor, terminate such contractor's right to proceed with the work or such part of the work as to which there has been a failure to pay said required wages and to prosecute the work to completion by contract or otherwise, and the contractor and his sureties shall be liable to the state or the contracting political subdivision for any excess costs occasioned the state or the contracting political subdivision thereby or (B) withhold payment of money to the contractor or subcontractor. The contracting department of the state or the political subdivision thereof shall within two days after taking such action notify the Labor Commissioner in writing of the name of the contractor or subcontractor, the project involved, the location of the work, the violations involved, the date the contract was terminated, and steps taken to collect the required wages.

(c) The Labor Commissioner may make complaint to the proper prosecuting authorities for the violation of any provision of subsection (b).

(d) For the purpose of predetermining the prevailing rate of wage on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each employee to any employee welfare fund,

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as defined in subsection (h), in each town where such contract is to be performed, the Labor Commissioner shall (1) hold a hearing at any required time to determine the prevailing rate of wages on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each person to any employee welfare fund, as defined in subsection (h), upon any public work within any specified area, and shall establish classifications of skilled, semiskilled and ordinary labor, or (2) adopt and use such appropriate and applicable prevailing wage rate determinations as have been made by the Secretary of Labor of the United States under the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended.

(e) The Labor Commissioner shall determine the prevailing rate of wages on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of such employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in subsection (h), in each locality where any such public work is to be constructed, and the agent empowered to let such contract shall contact the Labor Commissioner, at least ten but not more than twenty days prior to the date such contracts will be advertised for bid, to ascertain the proper rate of wages and amount of employee welfare fund payments or contributions and shall include such rate of wage on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in subsection (h), or in lieu thereof the amount to be paid directly to each employee for such payment or contributions as provided in subsection (a) for all classifications of labor in the proposal for the contract. The rate of wage on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions to any employee welfare fund, as defined in subsection (h), or cash in lieu thereof, as provided in subsection (a), shall, at all times, be considered as the minimum rate for the classification for which it was established. Prior to the award of any contract subject to the provisions of this section, such agent shall certify in writing to the Labor Commissioner the total dollar amount of work to be done in connection with such public works project, regardless of whether such project consists of one or more contracts. Upon the award of any contract subject to the provisions of this section, the contractor to whom such contract is awarded shall certify, under oath, to the Labor Commissioner the pay scale to be used by such contractor and any of his subcontractors for work to be performed under such contract.

(f) Each employer subject to the provisions of this section or section 31-54 shall (1) keep, maintain and preserve such records relating to the wages and hours worked by each employee and a schedule of the occupation or work classification at which each mechanic, laborer or workman on the project is employed during each work day and week in such manner and form as the Labor Commissioner establishes to assure the proper payments due to such employees or employee welfare funds under this section or section 31-54, and (2) submit monthly to the contracting agency a certified payroll which shall consist of a complete copy of such records accompanied by a statement signed by the employer which indicates that (A) such records are correct; (B) the rate of wages paid to each mechanic, laborer or workman and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each such employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in subsection (h) of this section, are not less than the prevailing rate of wages and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each such employee to any employee welfare fund, as determined by the Labor Commissioner pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, and not less than those required by the contract to be paid; (C) the employer has complied with the provisions of this section and section 31-54; (D) each such employee is covered by a workers' compensation insurance policy for the duration of his employment, which shall be demonstrated by submitting to the contracting agency the name of the workers' compensation insurance carrier covering each such employee, the effective and expiration dates of each policy and each policy number; (E) the employer does not receive kickbacks, as defined in 41 USC 52, from any employee or employee welfare fund; and (F) pursuant to the provisions of section 53a-157a, the employer is aware that filing a certified payroll which he knows to be false is a class D felony for which the employer may be fined up to five thousand dollars, imprisoned for up to five years, or both. This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit a general contractor from relying on the certification of a lower tier subcontractor, provided the general contractor shall not be exempted from the provisions of section 53a- 157a if he knowingly relies upon a subcontractor's false certification. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1-210, the certified payroll shall be considered a public record and every person shall have the right to inspect and copy such records in accordance with the provisions of section 1-212. The provisions of

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sections 31-59(a), 31-59(b), 31- 66 and 31-69 which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section or section 31-54 shall apply to this section. Failing to file a certified payroll pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection is a class D felony for which the employer may be fined up to five thousand dollars, imprisoned for up to five years, or both.

(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply where the total cost of all work to be performed by all contractors and subcontractors in connection with new construction of any public works project is less than four hundred thousand dollars or where the total cost of all work to be performed by all contractors and subcontractors in connection with any remodeling, refinishing, refurbishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of any public works project is less than one hundred thousand dollars.

(h) As used in this section, section 31-54 and section 31-89a, "employee welfare fund" means any trust fund established by one or more employers and one or more labor organizations or one or more other third parties not affiliated with the employers to provide from moneys in the fund, whether through the purchase of insurance or annuity contracts or otherwise, benefits under an employee welfare plan; provided such term shall not include any such fund where the trustee, or all of the trustees, are subject to supervision by the Commissioner of Banking of this state or any other state or the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and "benefits under an employee welfare plan" means one or more benefits or services under any plan established or maintained for employees or their families or dependents, or for both, including, but not limited to, medical, surgical or hospital care benefits; benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability or death; benefits in the event of unemployment, or retirement benefits.

(1949 Rev., S. 7372; March, 1950, S. 3018d, 3019d; 1961, P.A. 486, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 240, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 494, S. 1; P.A. 73-566, S. 1; P.A. 75-90, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-442; 77-614, S. 161, 610; P.A. 79-325; P.A. 80-482, S. 200, 348; P.A. 83- 537, S. 2; P.A. 85-355, S. 1−3; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 91-74, S. 1; 91-407, S. 40, 42; P.A. 93-392, S. 1; 93-435, S. 65, 95; P.A. 97-263, S. 14.)

History: 1961 act added provisions re political subdivision and employee welfare funds and added Subsecs. (f) and (g) re records and schedules which must be kept and re inapplicability of provisions where total cost of work is less than five thousand dollars; 1963 act substituted "alteration" for "remodeling" and "public works project" for references to public buildings; 1967 act added Subsec. (h) defining "employee welfare fund" and "benefits under an employee welfare plan" and substituted references to Subsec. (h) for references to Sec. 31-78; P.A. 73-566 amended Subsec. (b) to add provisions re termination of contract when discovery is made that employees are being paid less than the amount required under contract; P.A. 75-90 added references to remodeling, refurnishing, refurbishing and rehabilitation of projects in Subsecs. (a), (b) and (g); P.A. 77-442 added Subdiv. (2) in Subsec. (d) requiring commissioner to adopt and use appropriate and applicable prevailing wage rate determinations made by U.S. Secretary of Labor; P.A. 77-614 replaced bank commissioner with banking commissioner within the department of business regulation and made banking department the division of banking within that department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-325 replaced former provisions of Subsec. (g) which had rendered section inapplicable where total cost of project is less than fifty thousand dollars with provision rendering provisions inapplicable to new construction projects where total cost is less than fifty thousand dollars and to remodeling, refinishing etc. projects where total cost is less than ten thousand dollars; P.A. 80-482 restored banking division as independent department with commissioner as its head following abolition of business regulation department; P.A. 83-537 amended Subsec. (e) to require the local agent to contact the labor commissioner, to ascertain proper wage rates and payment levels, at least ten but not more than twenty days prior to putting the contract out to bid; P.A. 85-355 amended Subsec. (e) to require the agent to certify the total cost of work to be done on the public works project, and to require the contractor to certify the pay scale to be used on the project after having been awarded the contract and amended Subsec. (g) to make the prevailing wage requirements inapplicable to projects costing less than two hundred thousand dollars if new construction, or to projects costing less than fifty thousand dollars if remodeling; pursuant to P.A. 87-9 "banking commissioner" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "commissioner of banking"; P.A. 91-74 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), amended Subsec. (b) to increase fines from one hundred dollars to not less than two thousand five hundred dollars but not more than five thousand dollars and amended Subsec. (g) by changing the cost thresholds from two hundred thousand dollars to four hundred thousand dollars and from fifty thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars; P.A. 91-407 changed effective date of P.A. 91-74 from October 1, 1991, to July 1, 1991; P.A. 93-392 deleted reference to Sec. 51-53 in Subsec. (a) and added Subdiv. (2) in Subsec. (f) requiring employers subject to the state prevailing wage laws to file weekly certified payrolls with the contracting public agency and designating such certified payrolls as public records; P.A. 93-435 made technical change in Subsec. (a) to reinstate language in existence prior to amendment made by P.A. 93-392, effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 97-263 amended Subsec. (b) to add Subdivs. (1) and (2) disqualifying bidders from bidding on contracts with the state until certain requirements are met and to add provision permitting the withholding of payment of money to the contractor or subcontractor, amended Subsec. (d) to change "employee" to "person", amended Subsec. (f) to require monthly submission of certified payroll and to

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make failure to file a certified payroll a class D felony, and amended Subsec. (h) by redefining "employee welfare fund" to include one or more other third parties not affiliated with the employers.

See Sec. 7-112 re applicability of section to construction, remodeling or repair of public buildings by state agencies and political subdivisions of the state.

See Sec. 31-53a re (1) payments to mechanics, laborers and workmen from accrued payments withheld under the terms of a contract terminated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and their right of action and intervention, (2) the Labor Commissioner's duty to prepare and distribute lists of persons or firms found to be in violation of this section or barred from federal contracts pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act, and (3) limitation on awarding of contracts to such persons or firms.

Where an employee is working under a contract which violates the statute or fails to provide for pay at least equal to the prevailing wages as fixed by the board, the state is in no position to claim that, if he is injured, compensation should not be based on the prevailing wage as so determined. 135 C. 498. Cited. 223 C. 573, 574, 578, 580, 582−587, 591−594. Cited. 36 CA 29, 32, 38−40. Subsec. (a): Cited. 223 C. 573, 581, 583, 585. Cited. 36 CA 29, 38, 40. Subsec. (b): Cited. 223 C. 573, 583, 585. Cited. 36 CA 29, 30. Subsec. (d): Cited. 223 C. 573, 584, 587, 590. Subsec. (e): Cited. 223 C. 573, 584, 585. Subsec. (f): Cited. 223 C. 573, 581, 584, 585, 592−594. Subsec. (h): Cited. 44 CA 397.

Sec. 31-53a. List of violators. Limitation on awarding of contracts. Distribution of accrued payments. Right of action. (a) The State Comptroller or the contracting authority acting pursuant to section 31-53 is hereby authorized and directed to pay to mechanics, laborers and workmen from any accrued payments withheld under the terms of a contract terminated pursuant to subsection (b) of said section 31-53 any wages found to be due such mechanics, laborers and workmen pursuant to said section 31-53. The Labor Commissioner is further authorized and directed to distribute a list to all departments of the state and political subdivisions thereof giving the names of persons or firms whom he has found to have disregarded their obligations under said section 31-53 and section 31-76c to employees and subcontractors on public works projects or to have been barred from federal government contracts in accordance with the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act, 49 Stat. 1011 (1931), 40 USC 276a-2. No contract shall be awarded by the state or any of its political subdivisions to the persons or firms appearing on this list or to any firm, corporation, partnership, or association in which such persons or firms have an interest until a period of up to three years, as determined by the Labor Commissioner, has elapsed from the date of publication of the list containing the names of such persons or firms.

(b) If the accrued payments withheld under the terms of a contract terminated pursuant to subsection (b) of section 31-53 are insufficient to reimburse all the mechanics, laborers and workmen with respect to whom there has been a failure to pay the wages required pursuant to said section 31-53, such mechanics, laborers and workmen shall have the right of action and of intervention against the contractor and his sureties conferred by law upon persons furnishing labor or materials, and in such proceedings it shall be no defense that such mechanics, laborers and workmen accepted or agreed to accept less than the required wages or that such persons voluntarily made refunds.

(P.A. 73-566, S. 2; P.A. 78-362, S. 1, 3; P.A. 91-74, S. 2; 91-407, S. 40, 42; P.A. 93-392, S. 2; P.A. 97-263, S. 15.)

History: P.A. 78-362 required that list distributed by commissioner to departments of the state and to its political subdivisions contain names of those who have been barred from federal government contracts in accordance with provisions of Davis-Bacon Act in Subsec. (a); P.A. 91-74 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing the period of ineligibility from three years to five years; P.A. 91-407 changed effective date

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of P.A. 91-74 from October 1, 1991, to July 1, 1991; P.A. 93-392 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to Sec. 31-76c, to require that list distributed by labor commissioner to departments of the state and to its political subdivisions contain names of those who have violated overtime laws of the state on public works projects and to decrease the period of ineligibility from five to a maximum of three years, as determined by the commissioner; P.A. 97-263 incorporated changes to Sec. 31-53 by reference.

Cited. 223 C. 573, 574, 577, 580−583, 587, 592, 593.

Sec. 31-54. Rate of wages for work on state highways. The Labor Commissioner shall hold a hearing at any required time to determine the prevailing rate of wages upon any highway contract within any specified area on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in section 31-53, upon any classifications of skilled, semiskilled and ordinary labor. Said commissioner shall determine the prevailing rate of wages on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in section 31-53, in each locality where any highway or bridge is to be constructed, and the Commissioner of Transportation shall include such rate of wage on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in section 31-53, or in lieu thereof, in cash as part of wages each pay day, for each classification of labor in the proposal for the contract and in the contract. The rate and the amount so established shall, at all times, be considered as the minimum rate of wage on an hourly basis and the amount of payment or contributions to an employee welfare fund, or cash in lieu thereof, for the classification for which it was established. Any contractor who pays any person at a lower rate of wage on an hourly basis or the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each employee to any employee welfare fund, as defined in section 31-53, or where he is not obligated by any agreement to make payment or contributions to the employee welfare funds, as defined in section 31-53, and fails to pay the amount of such payment or contributions directly to the employee as a part of his wages each pay day, than that so established for the classifications of work specified in any such contract shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for each offense. The provisions of this section shall apply only to state highways and bridges on state highways.

(1949 Rev., S. 2206; March, 1950, S. 1194d; 1961, P.A. 486, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 494, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 260; P.A. 97-263, S. 17.)

History: 1961 act added establishment of rate on hourly basis and provisions re employee welfare funds; 1967 act replaced references to Sec. 31-78 with references to Sec. 31-53; 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 97-263 increased amount of fine from one hundred to two hundred dollars.

See Sec. 7-112 re applicability of this section to construction, remodeling, etc. of public buildings by political subdivisions of state.

Sec. 31-55. Posting of wage rates by contractors doing state work. Every contractor or subcontractor performing work for the state subject to the provisions of section 31-53 or 31-54 shall post the prevailing wages as determined by the Labor Commissioner in prominent and easily accessible places at the site of work or at such place or places as are used to pay its employees their wages.

(1955, S. 3020d; P.A. 97-263, S. 16.)

History: P.A. 97-263 incorporated changes to Secs. 31-53 and 31-54 by reference.

Sec. 31-56. Hours of labor on state bridges. Each contract entered into by the Commissioner of Transportation for the construction, alteration or repair of a state bridge shall contain a provision to the effect that no person shall be employed to work or be permitted to work more than forty-eight hours in any week on any work provided for in such contract. The operation of such limitation of hours of work may be suspended during an emergency, upon the approval of the Commissioner of Transportation.

(1949 Rev., S. 2208; 1963, P.A. 240, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 261.)

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History: 1963 act added reference to alteration of bridges; 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation.

Sec. 31-57b. Awarding of contracts to occupational safety and health law violators prohibited. No contract shall be awarded by the state or any of its political subdivisions to any person or firm or any firm, corporation, partnership or association in which such persons or firms have an interest (1) which has been cited for three or more willful or serious violations of any occupational safety and health act or of any standard, order or regulation promulgated pursuant to such act, during the three-year period preceding the bid, provided such violations were cited in accordance with the provisions of any state occupational safety and health act or the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and not abated within the time fixed by the citation and such citation has not been set aside following appeal to the appropriate agency or court having jurisdiction or (2) which has received one or more criminal convictions related to the injury or death of any employee in the three-year period preceding the bid. Any person who knowingly provides false information concerning the information required pursuant to this section shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars and shall be disqualified from bidding on or participating in a contract with the state or any of its political subdivisions for five years from the date of the final determination that the information is false. Any political subdivision or any state agency receiving false information pursuant to this section shall notify the Commissioner of Administrative Services and, upon receipt of such notice, the commissioner shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Upon a determination that false information was provided, the commissioner shall impose a civil penalty in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such civil penalty shall be paid to the Treasurer or to an official of the political subdivision, as the case may be. Any civil penalty imposed pursuant to this section may be collected in a civil proceeding by any official of a political subdivision authorized to institute civil actions or, in the case of the state, by the attorney general, upon complaint of the Commissioner of Administrative Services.

(P.A. 89-367, S. 6.)

Sec. 31-57d. Disqualification of certain contractors from bidding on, applying for or participating in public works contracts with the state: Disqualification by Commissioner of Transportation; procedure; causes. Exception permitting disqualified contractor to participate in contract or subcontract. (a) As used in this section, the term "contractor" shall mean any person, firm or corporation which has contracted or seeks to contract with the state, or to participate in such a contract, in connection with any public works of the state or a political subdivision of the state.

(b) Disqualification of a contractor is a serious action that shall be used only in the public interest and for the state government's protection and not for purposes of punishment or in lieu of other applicable enforcement or compliance procedures. The causes for and consequences of disqualification under this section shall be separate from and in addition to causes for and consequences of disqualification under sections 4b- 95, 31-53a, 31-57a and 31-57b.

(c) The Commissioner of Transportation may disqualify any contractor, for up to two years, from bidding on, applying for, or participating as a subcontractor under, contracts with the state, acting through the Department of Transportation, for one or more causes set forth under subsection (d) of this section. The commissioner may initiate a disqualification proceeding only after consulting with the Attorney General and shall provide notice and an opportunity for a hearing to the contractor who is the subject of the proceeding. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the contested case procedures set forth in chapter 54. The commissioner shall issue a written decision within ninety days of the last date of such hearing and state in the decision the reasons for the action taken and, if the contractor is being disqualified, the period of such disqualification. The existence of a cause for disqualification does not require that the contractor be disqualified. In determining whether to disqualify a contractor, the commissioner shall consider the seriousness of the contractor's acts or omissions and any mitigating factors. The commissioner shall send the decision to the contractor by certified mail,

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return receipt requested. The written decision shall be a final decision for the purposes of sections 4-180 and 4-183.

(d) Causes for disqualification from bidding on, or participating in, contracts shall include the following:

(1) Conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for or admission to commission of a criminal offense as an incident to obtaining or attempting to obtain a public or private contract or subcontract, or in the performance of such contract or subcontract;

(2) Conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or admission to the violation of any state or federal law for embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property or any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty which affects responsibility as a state contractor;

(3) Conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or admission to a violation of any state or federal antitrust, collusion or conspiracy law arising out of the submission of bids or proposals on a public or private contract or subcontract;

(4) A willful failure to perform in accordance with the terms of one or more public contracts, agreements or transactions;

(5) A history of failure to perform or of unsatisfactory performance of one or more public contracts, agreements or transactions; or

(6) A willful violation of a statutory or regulatory provision or requirement applicable to a public contract, agreement or transaction.

(e) For purposes of a disqualification proceeding under this section, conduct may be imputed as follows:

(1) The fraudulent, criminal or other seriously improper conduct of any officer, director, shareholder, partner, employee or other individual associated with a contractor may be imputed to the contractor when the conduct occurred in connection with the individual's performance of duties for or on behalf of the contractor and the contractor knew of or had reason to know of such conduct. The term "other seriously improper conduct" shall not include advice from an attorney, accountant or other paid consultant if it was reasonable for the contractor to rely on such advice.

(2) The fraudulent, criminal or other seriously improper conduct of a contractor may be imputed to any officer, director, shareholder, partner, employee or other individual associated with the contractor who participated in, knew of or had reason to know of the contractor's conduct.

(3) The fraudulent, criminal or other seriously improper conduct of one contractor participating in a joint venture or similar arrangement may be imputed to other participating contractors if the conduct occurred for or on behalf of the joint venture or similar arrangement and these contractors knew of or had reason to know of such conduct.

(f) The commissioner may reduce the period or extent of disqualification, upon the contractor's request, supported by documentation, for the following reasons:

(1) Newly discovered material evidence; (2) Reversal of the conviction upon which the disqualification was based; (3) Bona fide change in ownership or management; (4) Elimination of other causes for which the disqualification was imposed; or (5) Other reasons the commissioner deems appropriate.

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(g) The commissioner may grant an exception permitting a disqualified contractor to participate in a particular contract or subcontract upon a written determination that there is good cause, in the interest of the public, for such action.

(P.A. 93-220, S. 2, 3.)

History: P.A. 93-220 effective July 2, 1993.

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APPENDIX 4 - REGULATIONS

STATE OF CONNECTICUT REGULATIONS

OF

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONCERNING

LOCAL BRIDGE PROGRAM

Sec. 13a-175u-1. Definitions

The following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

(a) "AASHTO" means the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 444 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 249, Washington, D.C. 20001.

(b) "AENGLC" means as of the date grant percentages are determined in accordance with Section 3 of these regulations, the adjusted equalized net grand list per capita of a town prepared as of the immediately preceding January 1 by the State pursuant to Section 10-261 of the General Statutes.

(c) "Bridge design requirements" means the design requirements for a span established by the "Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges" of AASHTO and, in addition, the following:

(1) minimum life expectancy of 20 years after construction completion;

(2) an HS-20 limit for a newly constructed or rehabilitated span, except that a municipality may approve a lesser load limit for a rehabilitated span so long as such load limit is not less than a 12-ton single unit load limit;

(3) compliance with DOT guidelines for fatigue of existing structural elements;

(4) guide railings of a safe design at the leading ends of a span;

(5) upgrading of existing parapet and traffic railings to AASHTO standards.

(d) "Bridge" means a structure with defined abutments with a distance between the faces of abutments of 6 feet or more, measured along the centerline of the bridge, and whose superstructure is integral with the roadway.

(e) "Coding Guide" means the "Recording and Coding Guide for the Structure Inventory and Appraisal of the Nation's Bridges", dated December 1995, as may be updated from time to time, prepared by the Federal Highway Administration.

(f) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation.

(g) "Commitment to fund" means a commitment issued to a municipality by the Commissioner to fund the project costs of an eligible bridge project through a project grant, a project loan, or both, in accordance with Section 5 of these regulations.


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(h) "Condition rating of substructure" means the numerical rating of from 0 to 9 applicable to the substructure of a bridge determined in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Coding Guide.

(i) "Condition rating of superstructure" means the numerical rating of from 0 to 9 applicable to the condition of the superstructure of a bridge determined in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Coding Guide.

(j) "Construction contract" means an agreement between a municipality and a contractor whereby the contractor undertakes to complete the removal, replacement, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of an eligible bridge.

(k) "Culvert" means (a) a box culvert with a distance between the faces of side walls of 6 feet or more whose superstructure is not integral with the roadway, or (b) a concrete or metal arched structure or a metal plate pipe structure with an interior span length of 6 feet or more. A prefabricated metal, concrete or other pipe culvert does not constitute a "culvert".

(l) "Culvert condition rating" means the numerical rating of from 0 to 9 applicable to the condition of a culvert determined in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Coding Guide.

(m) "Deck condition rating" means the numerical rating of from 0 to 9 applicable to the condition of the deck of a bridge determined in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Coding Guide.

(n) "Eligible bridge" means:

(1) a bridge which has a condition rating of 4 or less given to any of the following components: superstructure, substructure, or deck condition, or an appraisal rating of 2 or less given to the structure evaluation or waterway adequacy, or

(2) a culvert with a culvert condition rating of 4 or less.

(o) "Eligible bridge project" means the removal, replacement, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of an eligible bridge by one or more municipalities.

(p) "Factor" means the number equal to the following: (High AENGLC-Low AENGLC)

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(q) "Filing date" means with respect to any fiscal year the filing date set forth in Section 5 of these regulations.

(r) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the State.

(s) "Grant percentage" means the number equal to the following: 33 - (Municipal AENGLC-Low AENGLC)

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(t) "High AENGLC" means the AENGLC of a town which is higher than the AENGLC of any other town.

(u) "Inventory rating in tons" means the numerical rating denoting the safe sustained load capacity of a structure, determined in accordance with the Load Factor Method described in the Manual For Condition Evaluation Of Bridges. The live load used in the analysis shall be the MS18 (HS 20) truck or lane loading, whichever controls.

(v) "Local bridge revolving fund" means the local bridge revolving fund created under Section 13a-175r of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(w) "Low AENGLC" means the AENGLC of a town which is lower than the AENGLC of any other town.

(x) "Managing municipality" means the municipality designated by those municipalities filing joint preliminary and supplemental applications pursuant to Section 5 of these regulations to act as the municipalities' liaison with the Department of Transportation and to coordinate the efforts of such municipalities in undertaking and completing an eligible bridge project.

(y) "Manual For Condition Evaluation Of Bridges" means the most recent edition of the "Manual For Condition Evaluation Of Bridges, 1994”, dated September 1996, with interim revisions as may be updated from time to time, prepared by the AASHTO Subcommittee On Bridges And Structures, and published by AASHTO.

(z) "Municipality" means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, district or other political subdivision of the State, owning or having responsibility for the maintenance of all or a portion of an eligible bridge.

(aa) "Municipal AENGLC" means the AENGLC of a municipality, but if no AENGLC is determined for the municipality, then it is the AENGLC of the town in which the municipality is located.

(bb) "Municipal official" means the chief elected official, town manager, city manager, or other official of a municipality duly authorized to act on behalf of such municipality in connection with the local bridge program.

(cc) "Physical condition" means the physical condition of a span based on its structural deficiencies, sufficiency rating and load capacity all as determined by the Commissioner.

(dd) "Preliminary application" means an application prepared in accordance with subsections (a), (b), and (c) of Section 5 of these regulations.

(ee) "Priority list of eligible bridge projects" means the priority list determined in accordance with Section 2 of these regulations.

(ff) "Professional engineer" means a professional engineer licensed by the State of Connecticut.

(gg) "Priority rating" as determined by the Commissioner means:

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(1) with respect to a bridge, the number equal to the following: SR - 2[1 - (DC + SUB + SUP)] - 4[1 - (IR)]

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"SR" means sufficiency rating "DC" means deck condition rating "SUB" means condition rating of substructure "SUP" means condition rating of superstructure "IR" means inventory rating in tons

(2) with respect to a culvert, the number equal to the following: SR - 2[1 - (CUL)] - 4[1 - (IR)]

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"SR" means sufficiency rating "CUL" means culvert condition rating "IR" means inventory rating in tons

(hh) "Project costs" means the costs of an eligible bridge project determined by the Commissioner to be necessary and reasonable.

(ii) "Project grant" means a grant-in-aid made to a municipality pursuant to Section 13a-175s of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(jj) "Project grant agreement" means a grant agreement between the State and a municipality with respect to a project grant.

(kk) "Project loan" means a loan made to a municipality from the local bridge revolving fund and evidenced by the municipality's project loan obligation.

(ll) "Project loan agreement" means a loan agreement with respect to a project loan as provided for in subsection (c) of Section 13a-175s of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(mm) "Project loan obligation" means an obligation of a municipality issued to evidence indebtedness under a project loan agreement and payable to the State for the benefit of the local bridge revolving fund.

(nn) "Public emergency" means a situation in which the physical condition of a bridge requires it to be closed or its load limit to be reduced substantially resulting in the isolation of, or a significant delay in the availability of emergency vehicle service to, people to such an extent that the safety of such people is jeopardized.

(oo) "Rehabilitation" means the improvement of an existing span in such manner as to preserve the existence of all or any portion of such span.

(pp) "Span" means a bridge or culvert.

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(qq) “Structure evaluation” means the overall rating of the structure which takes into account all major structural deficiencies, and evaluates a bridge in relation to the level of service it provides, as compared with a new bridge built to current standards.

(rr) "Sufficiency rating" means the sufficiency rating of a span determined in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Coding Guide.

(ss) "Supplemental application" means the application described in subsection (e) of Section 5 of these regulations.

(tt) “Waterway adequacy” means the appraisal of the adequacy of waterway opening with respect to the passage of flow through the bridge.

(Effective October 24, 1984; amended October 7, 1999)

Sec. 13a-175u-2. Priority List of Eligible Bridge Projects

(a) As of July 1 of each fiscal year, the Commissioner shall establish a priority rating for each bridge or culvert which is located within one or more municipalities, and is owned in whole or in part by a municipality. Each such priority rating shall be based upon the then most recently available data obtained by or submitted to and accepted by the Commissioner.

(b) As of July 1 of each fiscal year, the Commissioner shall rank all spans for which a completed Preliminary Application has been received in the order of their priority ratings, with the span having the lowest priority rating being ranked first and the span having the highest priority rating being ranked last. The list so determined shall constitute the priority list of eligible bridge projects for the then current fiscal year.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, upon receipt by the Commissioner of an application of a municipality, which application shall include all necessary supporting data, the Commissioner may disregard the priority list of eligible bridge projects and issue a commitment to fund an eligible bridge project if a public emergency exists with respect to such project.


Sec. 13a-175u-3. Grant Percentage

(a) As of March 1 of each fiscal year, the Commissioner shall determine a grant percentage for each town. The grant percentage of a town shall be applicable to any municipality located in such town.

(b) The grant percentage of a municipality determined as of March 1 of each fiscal year shall be used to determine the amount of the project grant for which a municipality would be eligible under a commitment to fund issued during the next succeeding fiscal year.


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Sec. 13a-175u-4. Project Costs

(a) The Commissioner shall fund through project grants and project loans only those costs of an eligible bridge project which he finds necessary and reasonable. A cost is necessary and reasonable if, in its nature or amount, it does not exceed that which would be incurred by a prudent person in the conduct of a competitive business. In determining the necessity and reasonableness of a given cost, the Commissioner shall consider the following:

(1) whether the cost is of a type generally recognized as reasonable and necessary for the performance of the project taking into account established contracting or construction practices;

(2) restraints or requirements imposed by such factors as generally accepted sound business practices, Federal and state laws and regulations, and contract terms and specifications;

(3) generally accepted accounting practices and principles appropriate under the circumstances;

(4) whether the cost would be incurred by a prudent businessman under the circumstances, considering his responsibilities to the owners of his business, his employees, his customers, the government, and the public at large; and

(5) any limitations or exclusions set forth in these regulations or the applicable project grant agreement or project loan agreement.

(b) In any given project the reasonableness or necessity of certain items of cost may be difficult to determine. In order to avoid a possible subsequent disallowance or dispute based on a cost being found unnecessary or unreasonable, a municipality may seek advance approval from the Commissioner as to the treatment to be accorded such cost.

(c) Those items of cost which ordinarily will be considered eligible project costs include:

(1) preliminary engineering activities, including engineering studies undertaken to determine whether a bridge is eligible for inclusion on the priority list of eligible bridge projects, provided that the aggregate cost thereof does not exceed 15% of the construction costs of the project;

(2) property acquisition;

(3) construction engineering services including inspection and materials testing, provided that the cost thereof does not exceed 15% of the construction costs of the project;

(4) construction costs;

(5) municipally owned utility adjustment and relocation costs; and

(6) in the case where a municipality undertakes a project using its own labor, equipment and material, the following: (A) payroll costs of municipal employees working on the project; (B) burden and fringe costs, such as FICA, vacation pay, sick leave pay, and pension

contributions, of such employees so long as such costs can be audited; (C) documented costs of materials;

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(D) costs per hour of an item of equipment so long as such costs can be audited; if such costs cannot be audited then the then current equipment charges published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(d) Any project costs incurred prior to the start of construction of an eligible bridge project will be eligible for reimbursement so long as actual construction of the project for which such costs were incurred commences no earlier than the date upon which the Commissioner issues a commitment to fund the project.

(e) Those items of cost which ordinarily will not be eligible for local bridge program funding include:

(1) administration, including the wages or salaries of municipal employees not working directly on the project;

(2) overhead costs of a municipality performing construction on its own account; and

(3) interim or final audits.


Sec. 13a-175u-5. Application For Project Grants and Project Loans; Issuance of Commitments to Fund

(a) A municipality must file a completed preliminary application with the Commissioner on or before March 1 in each fiscal year, unless otherwise extended by the Commissioner, in order to be eligible to receive a commitment to fund during the fiscal year next following such date.

(b) Any municipality which submits a completed preliminary application and which does not receive a commitment to fund as provided in subsection (a) of this section shall be required to resubmit such preliminary application for it to be reconsidered for funding during the next succeeding fiscal year, or shall notify the Commissioner in writing that the municipality wants such preliminary application as previously submitted to be so reconsidered.

(c) A preliminary application shall provide all information requested by the Commissioner on the Preliminary Application form.

(d) Following each filing date the Commissioner shall rank in the order of the priority list of eligible bridge projects then in effect each preliminary application which is complete. On or before June 30 of the then current fiscal year, the Commissioner shall issue commitments to fund, in the order of such priority list, each eligible bridge project the construction of which is scheduled to commence within the next succeeding fiscal year, to the extent moneys therefore are available, provided, however, that a municipality may request a waiver of the construction commencement date from the Commissioner if justification can be provided for not commencing construction of an eligible bridge project within the next succeeding fiscal year. However, for eligible projects for which the preliminary application was filed on or before October 1, 1984, or such later date as may be established by the Commissioner, commitments to fund shall be issued by the Commissioner within 90 days of such date.

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(e) A commitment to fund shall lapse (1) as to a project loan or a project grant if the municipality's supplemental application as filed with the Commissioner contains estimated project costs in excess of those set forth in the municipality's preliminary application and insufficient moneys remain to fund the amount of the project loan or project grant or both, as the case may be, being requested, or (2) a municipality fails to file with the Commissioner within 270 days of the date its commitment to fund is issued, unless any such date is extended by the Commissioner for good cause shown, a completed supplemental application which shall contain all information requested by the Commissioner on the Supplemental Application form.

(f) In the case of an eligible bridge project involving more than one municipality, only one preliminary application and one supplemental application shall be filed. Each such application shall contain all the information required by these regulations with respect to each participating municipality and the preliminary application shall designate the managing municipality.


Sec. 13a-175u-6. Funding

(a) After a supplemental application is deemed complete by the Commissioner he shall enter into a project loan agreement or a project grant agreement or both, as the case may be, with the filing municipality, pursuant to which the State shall, on the date all of the conditions precedent to funding are met, pay to the municipality the project grant or make the project loan, or both.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in each project grant agreement and project loan agreement, the Commissioner shall be obligated to fund the amount of project costs equal to the sum of (1) the municipality's grant percentage multiplied by the project costs allocable to such municipality and (2) the project loan amount requested by the municipality up to 50% of the project costs allocable to it.

(c) In addition to any other conditions precedent to funding the project established by the Commissioner, each project grant agreement and project loan agreement shall include the following conditions precedent to funding, if applicable:

(1) certified copies of all bids of contractors;

(2) written justification for awarding the construction contract to any person other than the lowest bidder;

(3) evidence that the municipality and contractor have entered into a legally binding construction contract;

(4) the municipality has available to it, or has made arrangements satisfactory to the Commissioner to obtain, funds to pay that portion of the project costs for which it is legally obligated and which are not met by project loans or project grants;

(5) the municipality has established a tax exempt proceeds fund account for the receipt and disbursement of the proceeds of project loans and project grants;

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(6) in any case in which an eligible bridge is owned or maintained by more than one municipality, evidence satisfactory to the Commissioner that all such municipalities are legally bound to complete their respective portions of such project; and

(7) evidence that the legislative body of the municipality has held at least one public hearing on the eligible bridge project in accordance with subsection (b) of section 13a-175t of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(d) In addition to any other agreement of a municipality required by the Commissioner, each project grant agreement and project loan agreement shall contain the following agreements:

(1) the municipality will commence construction of the project within 30 days after the date such agreement or agreements are entered into, unless otherwise extended by the Commissioner;

(2) the municipality will complete such project no later than the date of completion set forth in its supplemental application, unless otherwise extended by the Commissioner;

(3) the municipality will operate and maintain the eligible bridge properly after completion of such project.


Sec. 13a-175u-7. Project Completion

(a) Upon completion of construction a municipality will (1) certify to the Commissioner that the project is completed and (2) forward to the Commissioner an audit of the project prepared by a certified public accountant.

(b) The Commissioner will review the audit and notify the municipality of any overpayment or underpayment of project costs by the State. In case of underpayment, the Commissioner shall as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 90 days after determining such underpayment, reimburse the municipality for such underpayment. In case of overpayment the municipality shall as soon as practicable but in no event later than 90 days after such notification, reimburse the State for such overpayment.

(c) Any interest earned by a municipality from the proceeds of a project grant or a project loan shall be expended by the municipality solely for transportation purposes within the municipalities.

(Effective October 24, 1984)

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CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION James F. Byrnes, Jr., Acting Commissioner

PRELIMINARY APPLICATION FOR THE LOCAL BRIDGE PROGRAM Preliminary application is hereby made by the Town/City/Borough of _____________________

for possible inclusion in the Local Bridge Program for Fiscal Year 2003 for the following structure:

Bridge Location: _____________________________________________________________________

Bridge Number: Length of Span: feet

Sufficiency Rating: Priority Rating: _____________________

Evaluation & Rating Data Accomplished by State Forces: Yes No _____

Evaluation & Rating Data Accomplished by Others: Yes No _____ (Professional Certification Required)

If Others, Name of Professional Engineer:

Connecticut Professional Engineers License Number:

Engineer’s Address: Description of Existing Condition of Structure: (attach description)

Description of Scope of Project: (attachment - Include 2 copies of preliminary plans and specifications).

Name of Municipal Official to Contact: ___________________________________________________

Mailing Address: _____________________________________________________________________

Telephone: _____________________________ FAX: _________________________________

E-mail: _______________________________________

Preliminary Cost Figures:

Preliminary Engineering Fees (Include Breakdown of Fees) $ (Not to Exceed 15% of Construction Costs)

Rights-of-Way Cost (If Applicable) $

Municipally Owned Utility Relocation Cost $

Estimated Construction Costs (Include Detailed Estimate) $

Construction Engineering (Inspection, Materials Testing) $ (Not to Exceed 15% of Construction Cost)

Contingencies (10% of Construction Costs Only) $

Total Estimated Project Cost $

Preliminary Application Page #2 Local Bridge Program, FY 2003

Financial Aid Data:

Federal Reimbursement: (Limited to qualifying bridges – See Appendix1) Total Estimated Project Cost multiplied by 80%:

Project Reimbursement Request $

State Local Bridge Project Grant: (Cannot be combined with Federal reimbursement)

Allowable Grant Percentage % of Total Cost.

Project Grant Request $

State Local Bridge Project Loan: (Maximum 50% of total project cost)

Project Loan Request $

Schedule: (Anticipated Dates)

Public Hearing Conducted:

Design Completion:

Property Acquisition Completion:

Utilities Coordination Completion:

Construction Advertising:

Supplemental Application Submission:

Start of Construction:

Completion of Construction:

I hereby certify that the above is accurate and true, to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature: (Chief Elected Official, Town Manager, or other Officer Duly Authorized)

Date:

Return completed applications to: Mr. Stanley C. Juber Administrator of the Local Bridge Program Connecticut Department of Transportation 2800 Berlin Turnpike, P.O. Box 317546 Newington, Connecticut 06131-7546

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